unbed

English

Etymology

un- +‎ bed

Verb

unbed (third-person singular simple present unbeds, present participle unbedding, simple past and past participle unbedded)

1. (transitive) To raise or rouse from bed.
   • 1653, Iz[aak] Wa[lton], The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, […], London: […] T. Maxey for Rich[ard] Marriot, […], →OCLC; reprinted as The Compleat Angler (Homo Ludens; 6), Nieuwkoop, South Holland, Netherlands: Miland Publishers, 1969, →ISBN:

     Eels unbed themselves and stir at the noise of thunder.

Anagrams

• U-bend