bedraggled

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old type of bed with a wooden or metal frame) ( 0 $£ — picture o bed

bedraggled /bi'draegld/ adj. made wet, dirty or untidy

by rain, mud, etc.

bedraggled hair/clothes    (iJUMteWAK

bed rid den /'bedridn/ adj. having to stay in bed all the time because you are sick, injured or old bed-rock /'bedrok; NAmE -ra:k/ noun 1 [sing.] a strong base for sth, especially the facts or the principles on which it is based ^ jig gfilfi;  The

poor suburbs traditionally formed the bedrock of the party’s support.  TXW&lt

(ft 7 0 S 5ft o 0 Honesty is the bedrock of any healthy relationship. M'% Ji £ ft - %       M 1ft £ * M t| o

2 [U] the solid rock in the ground below the loose soil and sand         )

bed-roll /'bedraul; NAmE -roul/ noun (especially NAmE) a thick piece of material or a sleeping bag that you can roll up for carrying and use for sleeping on or in, for example when you are camping MM, ffi ^ ( M Hr )

bed-room   /'bedruim; -rum/ noun, adj.

* noun 1 a room for sleeping in       the spare bedroom

iSrfflElMi? 0 a hotel with 20 bedrooms # 20 0 This is the master bedroom (= the main bedroom of the house). ± [ft ig 0          2 -bedroomed having the

number of bedrooms mentioned W ■ • -4" S' ^ ftfj : a

three-bedroomed house

adj. [only before noun] used as a way of referring to sexual activity ^ |$;     (HJ: the bedroom scenes

in the movie

bedroom community (also bedroom suburb) noun (both NAmE) = dormitory town bed-side /‘bedsaid/ noun [usually sing.] the area beside a bed        :         His mother has been at his bedside

throughout his illness.

o a bedside lamp

.bedside 'manner noun [sing.] the way in which a doctor or other person talks to sb who is ill/sick (

ARf )

.bedside 'table (especially BrE) (NAmE usually night- stand, 'night table) noun a small table beside a bed

bed-sit /'bedsit/ (also bed-sit-ter) (also formal .bed­sitting room) noun (all BrE) a room that a person rents and uses for both living and sleeping in

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bed-sore /'bedsoi(r)/ noun a painful and sometimes infected place on a person’s skin, caused by lying in bed for a long time *§•

bed-spread /'bedspred/ (BrE also bed-cover) (NAmE also spread) noun an attractive cover put on top of all the sheets and covers on a bed — picture o- bed bed-stead /'bedsted/ noun the wooden or metal frame of an old-fashioned type of bed ( 10^;) bed-time /'bedtaim/ noun [U] the time when sb usually goes to bed N'IhJ : It’s way past your bedtime.

O Will you read me a bedtime story? inficjy

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’bed-wetting noun [U] the problem of urinating in bed, usually by children while they are asleep bee /bi:/ noun 1 a black and yellow flying insect that can sting. Bees live in large groups and make honey (= a sweet sticky substance that is good to eat). a swarm of bees —     0 a bee sting  o Bees

were buzzing in the clover.

— see also beehive, beeswax, bumblebee, queen bee 2 (NAmE) a meeting in a group where people combine work, competition and pleasure ( HI#,

^ —   a sewing bee          —see also

spelling bee ITOB1 the .bee’s 'knees (informal) an excellent person or thing      A (     ) : She

thinks she’s the bee’s knees (= she has a very high opinion of herself).          have a bee *n

your bonnet (about sth) (informal) to think or talk about sth all the time and to think that it is very