English Explanatory Dictionary

go to bed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To lie down to sleep, put oneself in one's bed.
  2. To have sex; to go to have sex.
  3. Of a newspaper: to finish being prepared for printing.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-go to bed.wav

Word forms

go to bed goes to bed going to bed went to bed gone to bed

Etymology

Already attested in Old English as tō bedde gān.

Synonyms

hit the sack hit the hay hit the rack couch a hogshead go to bed go to sleep retire seek one's virtuous couch turn in turn into a pumpkin

Related words

go to bed with put to bed come to bed go to sleep sleep fall asleep
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