bedding
    n 1: coverings that are used on a bed [syn: bedclothes, bed
         clothing, bedding]
    2: material used to provide a bed for animals [syn: bedding
       material, bedding, litter]

Bed \Bed\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedded; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Bedding.]
   1. To place in a bed. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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   2. To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with.
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            I'll to the Tuscan wars, and never bed her. --Shak.
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   3. To furnish with a bed or bedding.
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   4. To plant or arrange in beds; to set, or cover, as in a bed
      of soft earth; as, to bed the roots of a plant in mold.
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   5. To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and
      security, surrounded or inclosed; to embed; to furnish
      with or place upon a bed or foundation; as, to bed a
      stone; it was bedded on a rock.
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            Among all chains or clusters of mountains where
            large bodies of still water are bedded.
                                                  --Wordsworth.
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   6. (Masonry) To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as
      to serve as a bed.
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   7. To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or
      recumbent position. "Bedded hair." --Shak.
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Bedding \Bed"ding\, n. [AS. bedding, beding. See Bed.]
   1. A bed and its furniture; the materials of a bed, whether
      for man or beast; bedclothes; litter.
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   2. (Geol.) The state or position of beds and layers.
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