bedded

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bedded - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bed \Bed\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedded; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Bedding.]
     1. To place in a bed. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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     2. To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with.
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              I'll to the Tuscan wars, and never bed her. --Shak.
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     3. To furnish with a bed or bedding.
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     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.
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     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.
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              Among all chains or clusters of mountains where
              large bodies of still water are bedded.
                                                    --Wordsworth.
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     6. (Masonry) To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as
        to serve as a bed.
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     7. To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or
        recumbent position. "Bedded hair." --Shak.
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  Bedded \Bed"ded\, a.
     Provided with a bed; as, double-bedded room; placed or
     arranged in a bed or beds.
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bedded - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bedded
      adj 1: deposited or arranged in horizontal layers; "stratified
             rock" [syn: stratified, bedded] [ant: unstratified]
      2: having a bed or beds as specified [ant: bedless]