"make the bed" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: makes the bed [present, singular, third-person], making the bed [participle, present], made the bed [participle, past], made the bed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> the bed}} make the bed (third-person singular simple present makes the bed, present participle making the bed, simple past and past participle made the bed)
  1. To arrange the sheets, blankets, or other coverings of a bed smoothly and neatly, with the corners tucked under the mattress. Related terms: make one's bed and lie in it Translations (arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly): rregulloj shtratin (Albanian), facer la cama (Asturian), pangá ubú-sanshí (Bemba), fer el llit (Catalan), para ma äreglä i káma (Chamorro), 鋪床 (Chinese Mandarin), 铺床 (pūchuáng) (Chinese Mandarin), stlát [imperfective] (Czech), ustlat [perfective] (Czech), het bed opmaken (Dutch), reiða song (Faroese), pedata (Finnish), sijata (Finnish), faire le lit (French), facer a cama (Galician), das Bett machen (German), הִצִּיעַ (hitzía') (Hebrew), ágyaz (Hungarian), beágyaz (Hungarian), beveti az ágyat (Hungarian), búa um rúmið (Icelandic), rifare il letto (Italian), 布団を敷く (futon o shiku) (alt: ふとんをしく) (Japanese), ベッドを整える (beddo o totonoeru) (Japanese), gusasa (Kinyarwanda), ku-yala mfulu (Kongo), наместување кревет (namestuvanje krevet) (Macedonian), faithe lé liet (Norman), far lo lièch (Occitan), ścielić łóżko (Polish), słać łóżko (Polish), fazer a cama (Portuguese), kawituta allichina (Quechua), стели́ть, застила́ть, стлать посте́ль, крова́ть (stelítʹ, zastilátʹ, stlatʹ postélʹ, krovátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), постели́ть, застла́ть посте́ль, крова́ть (postelítʹ, zastlátʹ postélʹ, krovátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), e teu le moega (Samoan), hacer la cama (Spanish), bädda (Swedish), łožo pósłać (Upper Sorbian), gwneud y gwely (Welsh), nitéé’sk’ei hnzhú’’áôlá (Western Apache)

Inflected forms

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          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
          "word": "rregulloj shtratin"
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        {
          "code": "apw",
          "lang": "Western Apache",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
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          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
          "word": "facer la cama"
        },
        {
          "code": "bem",
          "lang": "Bemba",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
          "word": "pangá ubú-sanshí"
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        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
          "word": "fer el llit"
        },
        {
          "code": "ch",
          "lang": "Chamorro",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
          "word": "para ma äreglä i káma"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
          "word": "鋪床"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
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          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
          "word": "het bed opmaken"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
          "word": "reiða song"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
          "word": "pedata"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
          "word": "sijata"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
          "word": "faire le lit"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
          "word": "facer a cama"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
          "word": "das Bett machen"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hitzía'",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
          "word": "הִצִּיעַ"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
          "word": "ágyaz"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
          "word": "beágyaz"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
          "word": "beveti az ágyat"
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        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
          "word": "búa um rúmið"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
          "word": "rifare il letto"
        },
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          "alt": "ふとんをしく",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "futon o shiku",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
          "word": "布団を敷く"
        },
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "beddo o totonoeru",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
          "word": "ベッドを整える"
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          "code": "kg",
          "lang": "Kongo",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
          "word": "ku-yala mfulu"
        },
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "namestuvanje krevet",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
          "word": "наместување кревет"
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          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
          "word": "faithe lé liet"
        },
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          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
          "word": "far lo lièch"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
          "word": "ścielić łóżko"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
          "word": "słać łóżko"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
          "word": "fazer a cama"
        },
        {
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
          "word": "kawituta allichina"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "stelítʹ, zastilátʹ, stlatʹ postélʹ, krovátʹ",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "стели́ть, застила́ть, стлать посте́ль, крова́ть"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "postelítʹ, zastlátʹ postélʹ, krovátʹ",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "постели́ть, застла́ть посте́ль, крова́ть"
        },
        {
          "code": "rw",
          "lang": "Kinyarwanda",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
          "word": "gusasa"
        },
        {
          "code": "sm",
          "lang": "Samoan",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
          "word": "e teu le moega"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
          "word": "hacer la cama"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
          "word": "bädda"
        },
        {
          "code": "hsb",
          "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
          "word": "łožo pósłać"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
          "word": "gwneud y gwely"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "make the bed"
}
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        "To arrange the sheets, blankets, or other coverings of a bed smoothly and neatly, with the corners tucked under the mattress."
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "word": "rregulloj shtratin"
    },
    {
      "code": "apw",
      "lang": "Western Apache",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "word": "nitéé’sk’ei hnzhú’’áôlá"
    },
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      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "word": "facer la cama"
    },
    {
      "code": "bem",
      "lang": "Bemba",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "word": "pangá ubú-sanshí"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "word": "fer el llit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ch",
      "lang": "Chamorro",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "word": "para ma äreglä i káma"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "word": "鋪床"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pūchuáng",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "word": "铺床"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "stlát"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ustlat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "word": "het bed opmaken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "word": "reiða song"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "word": "pedata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "word": "sijata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "word": "faire le lit"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "word": "facer a cama"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "word": "das Bett machen"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hitzía'",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "word": "הִצִּיעַ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "word": "ágyaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "word": "beágyaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "word": "beveti az ágyat"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "word": "búa um rúmið"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "word": "rifare il letto"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふとんをしく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "futon o shiku",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "word": "布団を敷く"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "beddo o totonoeru",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "word": "ベッドを整える"
    },
    {
      "code": "kg",
      "lang": "Kongo",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "word": "ku-yala mfulu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "namestuvanje krevet",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "word": "наместување кревет"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "word": "faithe lé liet"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "word": "far lo lièch"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "word": "ścielić łóżko"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "word": "słać łóżko"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "word": "fazer a cama"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "word": "kawituta allichina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stelítʹ, zastilátʹ, stlatʹ postélʹ, krovátʹ",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "стели́ть, застила́ть, стлать посте́ль, крова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "postelítʹ, zastlátʹ postélʹ, krovátʹ",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "постели́ть, застла́ть посте́ль, крова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "rw",
      "lang": "Kinyarwanda",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "word": "gusasa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sm",
      "lang": "Samoan",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "word": "e teu le moega"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "word": "hacer la cama"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "word": "bädda"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "word": "łožo pósłać"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly",
      "word": "gwneud y gwely"
    }
  ],
  "word": "make the bed"
}

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