BED (2)

bed (2). Bed, v. to put to or into bed, lie sleep, sow

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Bed, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedded; p. pr. & vb. n. Bedding.] 1. 1. To place in a bed. Bacon.
2. 2. To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with.
I'll to the Tuscan wars, and never bed her. Shak. 3. 3. To furnish with a bed or bedding.
4. 4. To plant or arrange in beds; to set, or cover, as in a bed of soft earth; as, to bed the roots of a plant in mold.
5. 5. To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or inclosed; to embed; to furnish with or place upon a bed or foundation; as, to bed a stone; it was bedded on a rock.
Among all chains or clusters of mountains where large bodies of still water are bedded. Wordsworth. 6. 6. (Masonry) To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as to serve as a bed.
7. 7. To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position. “Bedded hair.” Shak.