Reverse Dictionary: BED

ADJECTIVES
1000 ► ABED in bed 
1775 ► LECTUAL confined in bed 
1845 ► GONE TO THE DOWNY gone to bed → sl.
1856 ► LAID gone to bed → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1900 ► DAY-BED prone to lie late in bed, lazy → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1911 ► BEDDIT gone to bed; put to bed → Sc. (Bk.)
1914 ► WALLOWED UP of a bed: rumpled → Amer. dial.
1949 ► GORPING lying at an angle across the bed → Amer. dial.
1997 ► IN THE WRAPPER in bed → US sl.

ADVERBS
1300 ► BED-GANG going to bed → obs.
1430 ► BEDWARD towards bedtime; just before going to bed → obs.
1440 ► BED-GATE going to bed → obs.
1602 ► BED-GAME going to bed → obs.

NOUNS
1000 ► LAIR a bed, a couch; that whereon one lies down to sleep → obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
1000 ► NEST a bed, home, lodging, shelter, home, etc., esp. of a secluded or comfortable nature; a snug retreat 
1303 ► RUELLE the space between a bed and the wall; the part of a bed next to the wall 
1483 ► BED-HEAD the part of a bed on which the head rests; a pillow or bolster → obs.
1483 ► BEDSTOCK a bedstead, or it’s front and back parts 
1483 ► LIGGER a coverlet for a bed → Eng. dial.
1488 ► TIRL-BED a trundle-bed or truckle-bed on low wheels or castors → obs.
1494 ► LETACAMP a camp-bed → Sc. obs.
1534 ► DOWN-LYING a lying down or going to bed; the taking of permanent quarters 
1595 ► BUMBLE-BATH a bed or room in a brothel → obs.
1651 ► DECUMBENCY a taking to one’s bed 
1665 ► BEDFORDSHIRE a bed → humorous usage
1685 ► RUG a covering for a bed → US
1691 ► BED-HILLINGS a coverlet or counterpane → Eng. dial.
1693 ► QUILT a soft bed → obs.
1695 ► HEALING a coverlet, bed-clothes → Eng. dial.
18C.. ► ALLY-BEG a comfortable bed → sl.
1718 ► PAD a bed → UK sl.
1727 ► DAMSEL a hot iron for warming a bed  
1744 ► DOSS a bed in cheap lodgings → sl.
M18. ► CHATTY DOSS a louse-infected bed → sl.
1775 ► BLANKET BAY a bed → Amer. nautical sl.
1790 ► HAPPINGS bed-clothes → Sc. & Eng. dial.
19C.. ► BLANKET-FAIR a bed → Eng. dial. & sl.
19C.. ► DAISY DORMER a bed warmer → Brit. rhyming sl. obs.
19C.. ► FEATHERS INN a bed → sl.
19C.. ► HURKLE-DURKLE sluggishness in bed, laziness → Sc.
19C.. ► WHANK-PIT a bed; the place where a male ‘whanker’ masturbates → Brit. sl.
1801 ► CLOTH-MARKET a bed → sl.
1801 ► HAMMOCK a bed → Sc.
1812 ► DAB a bed → sl.
1814 ► LODGE a makeshift bed on the floor → Amer. dial.
1814 ► LODGING a makeshift bed on the floor → Amer. dial.
1821 ► LAZY-LAY a bed → Sc.
1827 ► FED-BED a feather-bed → Eng. dial. obs.
1829 ► SACK a bed → US sl., orig. naval usage, applied to a hammock or bunk
1836 ► COUNTERPIN a bedspread → Amer. dial.
1837 ► SHAKEDOWN a makeshift bed, usually one made up on the floor → Amer. dial.
1838 ► QUITING a bed cover, a coverlet → Sc.
1839 ► FLEA-BAG a bed; also, a soldier’s sleeping bag → sl.
1840 ► PALLET a quilt or blanket spread on the floor as a bed; a makeshift bed on the floor or ground → Amer. dial.
1843 ► DOWNY → THE DOWNY a bed → Amer. sl.
1846 ► LETTY a bed; a lodging → sl.
M19. ► DEB a bed → back-slang
1851 ► FIELD COUCH a bed made up on the floor → Amer. dial.
1858 ► PRAIRIE FEATHERS hay used as a mattress or bed covering → Amer. dial.
1859 ► KIP a bed or lodging, a place to sleep → sl.
1860 ► CAGE a bed → sl.
1865 ► SNOOZLEDOM the state of nestling and dozing in bed → colloq.
1870 ► BLANKET HARBOR a bed → Amer. nautical sl.
1870 ► HORSE COLLAR a bedroll with straps → US, Civil War usage
1875 ► BREEDING-CAGE a bed → sl.
1882 ► BLANKET-MARKET bed-clothes → Eng. dial.
1883 ► APPLE-PIE BED a bed made by way of a practical joke with one sheet so folded as to make entry impossible → Eng. dial.
1887 ► GOOSE HAIR a bed or pillow filled with goose feathers or down → Amer. dial.
1892 ► CHAPPER-COT a bedstead with curtains → Anglo-Indian (Bk.)
1892 ► MIA-MIA a bed (pronounced my-my) → Aust. (Bk.)
1893 ► SHEET ALLEY bed → sl.
1894 ► MARK, LUKE, AND JOHN a four-post bed, of which one leg is broken or gone → Eng. dial.
1898 ► BEDDIE a small bed → Sc. (Bk.)
1898 ► BED-HAPPINGS bed-clothes → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► BED-TWILT a bed quilt → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1899 ► BED RUG a counterpane; a coverlid → Amer. dial. arch.
20C.. ► SNOOZER a bed, or what passes as a bed → Brit. sl.
20C.. ► SNORE a bed or place to sleep, esp. a doss-house → Brit. sl.
1900 ► BINDLE a vagrant’s bedding-roll → Amer. sl.
1900 ► FEATHER-TYE a feather bed → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1903 ► HAY a bed, either in the context of sleep or of sex → US sl.
1904 ► HAYPILE a bed or mattress → Amer. sl.
1905 ► HALF-TESTER a bed with a canopy → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► HAPPING-SHEETS bed-coverings → Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1906 ► BEDDY-BYES a bed; often used to indicate to a child that it is time for bed → nursery usage
1907 ► HAP a wadded covering for a bed; a comforter, a heavy quilt → Amer. dial.
1910 ► ALFALFA a bed → sl.
1910 ► FLOP a bed; a place to sleep; a cheap lodging-house → US sl.
1911 ► BOOSHTY → BOUSHTY a bed; a small bed → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 ► FALLING DEN a bed → African-American sl.
1913 ► WAR-BAG a roll of bedding, etc. → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1914 ► DOSS a bed; a place to sleep → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
1915 ► CRUMB-ROLL a bed; a bed or blanket roll → Amer. hobo, ranch, & logger usage
1916 ► LIE-IN a staying in bed longer than usual in the morning → sl., chiefly Brit.
1920 ► CHARP a bed → army sl.
1920 ► SKEIN (OF THREAD)  a bed → rhyming sl.
1924 ► PUT-YOU-UP a sofa or settee which can be converted into a bed
1924 ► SHAKE-UP a makeshift bed → Amer. dial.
1925 ► UNCLE (NED)  a bed → UK rhyming sl.
1930 ► BALLOON bedding, esp. when carried over the shoulder in a roll, which when loosely tired does resemble a balloon in some degree; a bedroll → Amer. dial.
1930 ► COOTIE CAGE a bed or bunk; esp. one in crowded quarters → Amer. dial.
1930 ► LIE a staying in bed longer than usual in the morning → sl., chiefly Brit.
1940 ► CHARIOT a bed → army sl.
1940 ► FARTER a bed → sl.
1940 ► RACK a bed → sl., orig. US military usage
1940 ► SAFETY a bed → African-American sl.
1940 ► WANKING CHARIOT a bed → army sl.
1942 ► FEATHERS one’s bed → Amer. sl.
1943 ► FART SACK a bed; a cot; a bedroll a sleeping bag; a bedroll → Amer. sl., orig. military usage
1944 ► SACK TIME time spent in bed; sleep → sl., orig. US services’ usage
1945 ► BEDDIE-WEDDIE a bed → US sl.
1945 ► COOTIE TRAP a bed; a bunk → World War II Amer. sl.
1945 ► FLEA CIRCUS a bed; a bunk → World War II Amer. sl.
1945 ► FLEA PASTURE a bed; a bunk → World War II Amer. sl.
1945 ► FLEA TRAP a bed; a bunk → World War II Amer. sl.
1945 ► HOT BED a bed in a flop-house (cheap lodging-house) which is used continuously by different people throughout the day; a flop-house containing such beds → US sl.
1946 ► SACK DRILL time spent in bed; sleep → sl., orig. US military usage
1946 ► SACK DUTY time spent in bed; sleep → sl., orig. US military usage
1948 ► PIT a bed → sl., orig. services’ usage
1950 ► AASBED a rough bed → W. Indies
1950 ► BARNYARD BED a bed that is made up the wrong way as a joke, as concealing beans and rice under the lower sheet → Amer. dial.
1950 ► HALF BED a single bed → Amer. dial.
1951 ► WANKING COUCH a bed → sl.
1951 ► WANKING PIT a bed → sl.
1961 ► BAG → THE BAG a bed → Amer. sl.
1966 ► FIELD BED a bed made up on the floor → Amer. dial.
1967 ► METHODIST PALLET a bed made up on the floor → Amer. dial.
1968 ► COUNTERPIECE a bedspread → Amer. dial.
1968 ► CRUMMIE → CRUMMY a bed in the bunkhouse → Amer. dial.
1968 ► Z-BAG a bed → US sl.
1972 ► BED CLOTHES blankets and sheets → Amer dial.
1976 ► SNORE SHELF a bed; a sleeping compartment in an over-the-road truck → US sl.
1980 ► BAG OF LEAD a bed → Aust. prison sl.
1980 ► RACK MONSTER a bed → sl.
1981 ► BAY BED a post bed built into a corner of a room, using the two walls as supports → Amer. dial.
1983 ► TICK TIGHT a one post bed built into a corner of a room, using the two walls as support → Amer. dial.
1984 ► GRUNTER a bed → NZ sl.
1984 ► SHEET LANE bed → UK sl.
1991 ► CLEAN SHEETS a bed or cot → US Vietnam war usage
1991 ► CLINOMANIA an obsession with bed rest → (Bk.)
1991 ► CLINOPHOBIA an abnormal fear or dislike of going to bed (Bk.)
1998 ► PIG BLANKET a makeshift bed on the floor or ground → Amer. dial.
2000 ► SHAGPIT a bed → sl.

NOUNS, PERSON
1250 ► BEDDE a bedfellow → obs.
1250 ► I-BEDDE a bedfellow; a wife; a husband → obs.
1303 ► LOTEBY a bedfellow; a companion of love; a lover; a paramour; a concubine → obs.
1325 ► BED-FERE → BEDPHEER → BEDPHERE a bedfellow → obs.
1393 ► BED-IFERE a bedfellow → obs.
1478 ► BEDFELLOW a bedfellow; a person who shares a bed with another 
1582 ► BED-MATE a bedfellow; a prostitute 
1643 ► PISSABED a bed-wetter → sl.
1678 ► WARMING-PAN a female bedfellow → sl.
1753 ► MORNING-KILLER a person who habitually spends the morning in bed → obs.
1764 ► LIE-ABED a person who lies late in bed; a late riser; a sluggard 
19C.. ► BED-FAGGOT a bedfellow → Eng. dial., contemptuous usage
19C.. ► LAGABAG a person disposed to lie in bed; a lazy, idle person → Eng. dial.
19C.. ► LIE-BY a bedfellow → Eng. dial.
19C.. ► LIGGER a person who lies in bed → Eng. dial.
19C.. ► NIGHT-PIECE a bedfellow, male or female → sl.
19C.. ► PILLOW-MATE a female bed-partner → colloq.
1803 ► BEDDER a bed-maker → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1803 ► BEDDINER a maker or beds; one who sells bedding → Eng. dial.
1830 ► EARLY BIRD a person who goes to bed early → sl.
1837 ► GETTER TO BED a person who goes to bed → obs.
1871 ► NEIGHBOUR a bedfellow; a partner; a fellow-servant → Sc.
1887 ► BED-FAVOURITE a person who is fond of lying in bed in the morning → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1891 ► BEDFELLOW OF BONES a skinny, bony bedfellow → sl. (Bk.)
1902 ► LAY-A-BED one who lies late in bed → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 ► LAY-BESIDE a female bedfellow → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 ► NECESSARY a bedfellow → sl. (Bk.)
1903 ► BEDBUG a person who enjoys staying in bed → US sl.
1911 ► BED-CRONIE a bedfellow → Sc. (Bk.)
1976 ► RACK MONSTER a person who spends a great deal of time in bed → US sl.
1990 ► DAMPER a bed-wetter → UK tramps’ sl.

PHRASES
E19.. ► AT RUG in bed, asleep → sl.

VERBS
1300 ► BEBED to furnish with a bed → obs.
1300 ► HAP to tuck up in bed; to cover up or over for the sake of warmth → obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
1500 ► TIRL to pull or strip off the bedclothes from a bed → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1505 ► DOWN-LIE to go to bed, to lie down 
1580 ► RISE WITH THE LARK to rise from bed very early in the morning 
1593 ► LAY to prepare a bed → obs.
1599 ► WARM to occupy one’s bed → obs., jocular usage
1608 ► LAIR to repose on a bed 
1633 ► TAKE ONE’S LAIR to take to one’s bed → obs.
M17. ► GO UP THE WOODEN HILL TO BEDFORDSHIRE to go to bed → sl.
1695 ► HEAL to tuck up the bed-clothes → Eng. dial.
1695 ► TURN IN to go to bed → sl., orig. nautical usage
M18. ► NAP THE PAD to go to bed → UK criminals’ sl.
1775 ► BUNDLE to share a bed with a person of the opposite sex while fully clothed, or with some other impediment to sexual intercourse → Amer. dial.
1789 ► DOSS to go to bed → Brit. sl.
19C.. ► HURKLE-DURKLE to lie long in bed; to lounge after it is time to get up or go to work → Sc.
1818 ► SHOW A LEG to get out of bed, esp. in order to perform a task or in readiness for the day ahead → orig. naval usage
1844 ► STEER ONE’S FEATHERS to get out of bed, to arise → Sc.
M19. ► RACK UP to go to bed → sl.
1854 ► DO THE DOWNY to lie in bed, to sleep → sl.
1859 ► LIE DOWN to go to bed, to retire for the night → Amer. dial.
1865 ► LAUNCH to drag a boy, bedclothes, mattress, and all, off his bedstead on to the floor → Brit. school sl.
1883 ► LAY UP to remain in one’s bed, nest, or hiding place → Amer. dial.
1884 ► CLIMB THE WOODEN HILL to go upstairs to bed → Amer. dial.
1887 ► GO TO CAMP to go to bed; to take rest → Aust. sl.
1888 ► ALLEE-COUCHEE → ALLEY-COUCHEY to go to bed → Eng. dial.
1889 ► KIP DOWN to go to bed → sl.
L19.. ► CAMP DOWN to go to bed → Aust. sl.
20C.. ► HIT THE SHUCKS to go to bed, to go to sleep → US sl.
20C.. ► HIT THE TICK to go to bed, to go to sleep → US sl.
1902 ► GO DOWN SHEET ALLEY INTO BEDFORDSHIRE to go to bed → UK sl.
1902 ► LAY IT OUT to lie late in bed → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► BUNK to retire to bed → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► QUEEL IN to go to bed → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1909 ► LAY DOWN to go to bed; to retire for the night → Amer. dial.
1912 ► HIT THE HAY to go to bed → sl., orig. US
1912 ► HIT THE SACK to go to bed → sl., orig. US
1913 ► DINE to go to bed → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1915 ► HIT THE SLATS to go to bed → Amer. sl.
1920 ► SACK UP to go to bed → US sl.
1924 ► HIT THE SHEETS to go to bed → UK sl.
1939 ► CAULK OFF to go to bed; to take a nap, to sleep → Amer. dial.
1940 ► BUNK DOWN to go to bed, to retire to bed 
1940 ► HIT THE RACK to go to bed; to go to sleep → sl., orig. US military usage
1940 ► SACK DOWN to go to bed; to sleep → sl.
1942 ► ATTEND BLANKET CLASS to go to bed → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► CUT THE BED to divide one’s bed with another → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► FALL IN to go to bed → Amer. dial.
1942 ► SPLIT THE BLANKET to divide one’s bed with another → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1943 ► CRASH to go to bed, often applied specifically to sleeping for a night in an improvised bed; often used with ‘out’ → sl.
1944 ► GET BACK IN THE RACK to get back into bed → services’ sl. (Bk.)
1945 ► CORK DOWN → CORK OFF to go to bed; to sleep → World War II Amer. sl.
1946 ► SACK IN to remain in bed late in the morning → sl., orig. US
1946 ► SACK OUT to go to bed → sl., chiefly US
1950 ► GO TO THE FEATHER BALL to go to bed → Amer. dial.
1950 ► KIP to put someone to bed → sl.
1960 ► JUNGLE UP to share a bed with many people, to cuddle up → US homosexual sl.
1961 ► CLIMB THE WOODEN HILL TO BEDFORDSHIRE to go upstairs to bed → UK sl.
1961 ► HIT THE BAG to go to bed; to have a rest → Amer. sl.
1965 ► CHECK IN to go to bed → Amer. dial.
1967 ► CAULK A NOD to go to bed; to take a nap, to sleep → Amer. dial.
1967 ► GET SOME TIGHT-EYE to go to bed, to go to sleep → Amer. dial.
1967 ► HIT THE FEATHERS to go to bed → Amer. sl.
1967 ► POUND THE FEATHERS to go to bed → Amer. sl.
1968 ► BAG → BAG IT to go to bed; to sleep → Amer. students’ sl.
1968 ► FAG OUT to go to bed → US sl.
1968 ► KICK IN to go to bed → Amer. dial.
1969 ► Z-OUT to go to bed, to go to sleep → Amer. dial.
1970 ► CHECK IT IN to go to bed; to quit → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1970 ► HIT THE GOOSEHAIR to go to bed → Amer. dial.
1970 ► HIT THE GREAT WHITE BISCUIT  to go to bed → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1970 ► HIT THE SHEETS to go to bed → US sl.
1970 ► HIT THE TREES to go to bed → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
2000 ► SET ONE’S BED to make one’s bed → Amer. dial.
2006 ► FLAKE DOWN to go to bed; to go to sleep → US sl. (Bk.)