"bed down" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: beds down [present, singular, third-person], bedding down [participle, present], bedded down [participle, past], bedded down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bed down (third-person singular simple present beds down, present participle bedding down, simple past and past participle bedded down)
  1. (intransitive) To lie down to sleep for the night, usually of livestock or machinery, or of people when sleeping somewhere worse than normal, often camping or in prison. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-bed_down-en-verb-YdpGzU8~
  2. (transitive) To put an animal to rest for the night. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bed_down-en-verb-VA4zP810
  3. (transitive) To sleep with or sleep alongside (a person or pet). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bed_down-en-verb-3EFhL~7X
  4. (figurative) To become permanent, fixed or embedded to a particular setup, way of thinking, style or manner. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-bed_down-en-verb-9BR6UAiz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "down", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 3 5 53 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "down": 38 6 7 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 5 4 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 3 4 54

Inflected forms

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          "text": "2006, Temple Grandin, Jennifer Lanier and Mark Deesing, Low Stress Methods for Moving and Herding Cattle on Pastures, Paddocks and Large Feedlot Pens, Department of Animal Sciences, Colorado State University\nThe herd will tend to stay where the calves bed down."
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          "ref": "2004, Nick Cave, Spell:",
          "text": "Through the woods, and frosted moors\nPast the snow-caked hedgerows I\nBed down upon the drifting snow\nSleep beneath the melting sky.",
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          "text": "A habit can easily become bedded down."
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