in bed

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

in bed

1. (literal) While on a bed.

   Reading in bed and breakfasting in bed are two of my three favorite activities.

2. (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