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bed

2 verb
     
bed2 past tense and past participle bedded, present participle bedding [transitive]
1 to fix something firmly and deeply into something else
bed something in something
The foundations were bedded in cement.
2 old-fashioned to have sex with someone

bed down

phrasal verb
1 to sleep somewhere which is not your bed and where you do not usually sleep:
Can I bed down on your sofa?
2

bed somebody/something ↔ down

to make a person or animal comfortable in a place where they do not usually sleep

bed something ↔ out

phrasal verb
to put plants into the ground so that they can grow
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