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- [bed]
- /meɪk wʌnz bɛd/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [bed]
- /meɪk wʌnz bɛd/
Definitions of make one's bed words
- noun make one's bed a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well. 1
- noun make one's bed the mattress and bedclothes together with the bedstead of a bed. 1
- noun make one's bed the bedstead alone. 1
- noun make one's bed the act of or time for sleeping: Now for a cup of cocoa and then bed. 1
- noun make one's bed the use of a bed for the night; lodging: I reserved a bed at the old inn. 1
- noun make one's bed the marital relationship. 1
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Origin of make one's bed
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English; Old English bedd; cognate with Old Frisian, Dutch bed, Old Saxon bed(de), Old High German betti (German Bett), Gothic badi < Germanic *badjan (neuter); akin to Latin fodere to dig, OCS bodǫ, Lithuanian bedù I pierce, Welsh bedd a grave; presumably a bed was dug out in the ground
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Parts of speech for Make one's bed
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
make one's bed popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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