bed down
phrasal verb
bedded down; bedding down; beds down
1
: to lie down somewhere for sleep
There were so many people that some of us had to bed down in the living room.
2
: to provide (a person or animal) with a place to sleep
They bedded us down in the living room.
When the animals had been fed and bedded down, we went inside to eat dinner.
Examples of bed down in a Sentence
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Lauren Zalewski, a nurse, pushed the bed down the hallway, around the corner and into the operating room.
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Jeff Seidel, USA TODAY, 23 July 2023
The flames from a fire that broke out Tuesday evening near a nature preserve in the inland foothills northeast of LA spread so rapidly that staff at a senior living center had to push dozens of residents in wheelchairs and hospital beds down the street to a parking lot.
—Jaimie Ding, TIME, 8 Jan. 2025
While everyone was busy capturing images of the coyote, off to our left deep in the woods, the Wapiti pack was bedded down and resting out of sight.
—Stan Tekiela, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
After bedding down at Areias de Seixo, hit the world-class waves lining the coast—like those Portugal's World Surfing Reserve in Ericeira.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2023
Right now is a great time to track because they’re bedded down.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 28 Jan. 2025
And so the two cats bedded down in their 30-day home in the Highland Wildlife Park, and the authorities began their methodical search for the perpetrators of the rogue lynx release.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025
Therefore, mature bucks almost always bed down with the wind at their back.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 19 Dec. 2024
Furthermore, deer bed down on islands surrounded by water.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 19 Dec. 2024
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Jeff Seidel, USA TODAY, 23 July 2023
The flames from a fire that broke out Tuesday evening near a nature preserve in the inland foothills northeast of LA spread so rapidly that staff at a senior living center had to push dozens of residents in wheelchairs and hospital beds down the street to a parking lot.
—Jaimie Ding, TIME, 8 Jan. 2025
While everyone was busy capturing images of the coyote, off to our left deep in the woods, the Wapiti pack was bedded down and resting out of sight.
—Stan Tekiela, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
After bedding down at Areias de Seixo, hit the world-class waves lining the coast—like those Portugal's World Surfing Reserve in Ericeira.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2023
Right now is a great time to track because they’re bedded down.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 28 Jan. 2025
And so the two cats bedded down in their 30-day home in the Highland Wildlife Park, and the authorities began their methodical search for the perpetrators of the rogue lynx release.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025
Therefore, mature bucks almost always bed down with the wind at their back.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 19 Dec. 2024
Furthermore, deer bed down on islands surrounded by water.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Bed down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bed%20down. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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