in bed

in bed

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

in bed

1. While on a bed.

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

2. (idiomatic) In terms of sexual prowess.

   She wasn't kind or smart, attractive or even funny. Her only redeeming feature was that she was fantastic in bed.

Synonyms

• (lying in bed): abed

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) Finnish: sängyssä (fi) French: au lit (fr), sexuellement (fr)

Norwegian: Bokmål: i sengen, i senga Spanish: en la cama

Anagrams

• Biden, bed in, bed-in, denib