bedding

• Nom désignant l'ensemble des textiles utilisés pour couvrir et faire un lit, comme les draps, les couvertures, les oreillers et les édredons.

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

indénombrable

1. Bed linens and coversA2formal

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

   Literie

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

   Synonymesbed linenbedclothes

2. Material for animal beddingB1formal

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

   Litière pour animaux

   • 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.

   Synonymesbedbedding materiallitterstraw

• Verbe désignant l'action de mettre ou d'installer quelque chose dans un lit, ou de fixer solidement ou d'encastrer quelque chose dans une base.

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.

   coucher, loger

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

   Synonymesaccommodatehouselodgeput upquartershelter

2. To plant or embedB2formal

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

   sceller, enchâsser

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

   Synonymesburyembedfiximplantplantsetsink

3. To have sex with (slang)C1informal

   To have sexual intercourse with someone.

   coucher avec (qqn)

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

   Synonymesbangbonkfuckhumplayscrewshagsleep with

   Antonymesabstainchastise

Variantes phrasalbed down