in bed

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

in bed

(literal) While on a bed.
Reading in bed and breakfasting in bed are two of my three favorite activities.
(idiomatic) Regarding sexual activities.
She wasn't kind or smart, attractive or even funny. Her only redeeming feature was that she was fantastic in bed.
1. (by extension) Cooperating with, as if for an illicit reward; in league with.
  You've been in bed with the opposite party all year and that's why you keep saying we need to compromise.

Synonyms

(lying in bed): abed
(sex): in the sack

Derived terms

in bed with

Translations

lying on one's bed

Afrikaans: in die bed
Chinese:
Mandarin: 在床上 (zài chuángshàng)
Esperanto: en lito
Finnish: vuoteessa (fi), sängyssä (fi)
French: au lit (fr)
Haitian Creole: nan kabann nan
Italian: a letto
Japanese: 寝込 (nekomi)
Latin: in lectō
Norwegian:
Bokmål: på sengen, på senga
Spanish: en cama
Thai: ในเตียง (nı teīyng)
Yoruba: ni ibusun

in terms of sexual prowess

Chinese:
Mandarin: 在床上 (zài chuángshàng)
Dutch: in bed
Finnish: sängyssä (fi)
French: au lit (fr), sexuellement (fr)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: i sengen, i senga
Polish: w łóżku
Spanish: en la cama

Anagrams

Biden, bed in, bed-in, denib

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