bedding

• Sammelbezeichnung für alle Textilien und Materialien, die zum Beziehen und Ausstatten eines Bettes dienen, wie Bettlaken, Bettbezüge, Decken, Kissen und Federbetten.

A noun referring to the materials used to cover and make a bed, such as sheets, blankets, pillows, and duvets.

unzählbar

1. Bed linens and coversA2formal

   The materials used on a bed, such as sheets, blankets, pillows, and duvets.

   Bettwäsche

   • She bought new bedding for the guest room.
   • The hotel provides fresh bedding every day.
   • He changed the bedding after washing the sheets.

   Synonymebed linenbedclothes

2. Material for animal beddingB1formal

   Straw, sawdust, or other material used as a layer for animals to sleep on.

   Einstreu

   • The farmer spread fresh straw bedding in the horse stable.
   • The pet store sells wood shavings for small animal bedding.
   • Clean bedding is essential for the health of livestock.

   Synonymebedbedding materiallitterstraw

• Verb, das verwendet wird, um das Handeln anzugeben, etwas ins Bett zu bringen oder unterzubringen, oder etwas fest zu verankern, einzubauen oder einzubetten.

A verb used to indicate the act of providing or placing something in a bed, or to fix or embed something firmly in a base.

1. To provide with a bedB1formal

   To provide a place for someone to sleep.

   Unterbringen zum Schlafen

   • The innkeeper bedded the travelers in the spare room.
   • We bedded the guests in the guesthouse.
   • They bedded the children down for the night.

   Synonymeaccommodatehouselodgeput upquartershelter

2. To plant or embedB2formal

   To set or fix something firmly in a base or foundation.

   Einbetten

   • The gardener bedded the young plants in rich soil.
   • The stones were bedded in concrete.
   • He bedded the fence posts securely in the ground.

   Synonymeburyembedfiximplantplantsetsink

3. To have sex with (slang)C1informal

   To have sexual intercourse with someone.

   Mit jemandem schlafen

   • He boasted about bedding many women.
   • The novel's protagonist bedded the countess.
   • In the movie, the hero beds the villain's wife.

   Synonymebangbonkfuckhumplayscrewshagsleep with

   Antonymeabstainchastise

Phrasal-Variantenbed down