put to bed

P p

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [poo t too bed]
- /pʊt tu bɛd/
- /ˈpʊt tuː bed/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [poo t too bed]
- /pʊt tu bɛd/

Definitions of put to bed words

noun put to bed a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well. 1
noun put to bed the mattress and bedclothes together with the bedstead of a bed. 1
noun put to bed the bedstead alone. 1
noun put to bed the act of or time for sleeping: Now for a cup of cocoa and then bed. 1
noun put to bed the use of a bed for the night; lodging: I reserved a bed at the old inn. 1
noun put to bed the marital relationship. 1

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Origin of put to 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 Put to bed

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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put to 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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Synonyms for put to bed

verb put to bed

button down — (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
button up — to fasten (a garment) with a button or buttons
call it a day — If you call it a day, you decide to stop what you are doing because you are tired of it or because it is not successful.
carry off — If you carry something off, you do it successfully.
cinched — a strong girth used on stock saddles, having a ring at each end to which a strap running from the saddle is secured.

All 23 Synonyms of put to bed

Antonyms for put to bed

verb put to bed

disjoin — to undo or prevent the junction or union of; disunite; separate.

Just one Antonym for put to bed

put to bed

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Parts of speech for Put to bed

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Synonyms for put to bed

verb put to bed

Antonyms for put to bed

verb put to bed

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