London Definition–noun | 1. | Jack, 1876–1916, U.S. short-story writer and novelist. | | 2. | a metropolis in SE England, on the Thames: capital of the United Kingdom. | | 3. | City of, an old city in the central part of the former county of London: the ancient nucleus of the modern metropolis. 5400; 1 sq. mi. (3 sq. km). | | 4. | County of, a former administrative county comprising the City of London and 28 metropolitan boroughs, now part of Greater London. | | 5. | Greater. Also, Greater London Council. an urban area comprising the city of London and 32 metropolitan boroughs. 7,111,500; 609 sq. mi. (1575 sq. km). | | 6. | a city in S Ontario, in SE Canada. 240,392. | |
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Bed Definition–noun | 1. | a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well. | | 2. | the mattress and bedclothes together with the bedstead of a bed. | | 4. | the act of or time for sleeping: Now for a cup of cocoa and then bed. | | 5. | the use of a bed for the night; lodging: I reserved a bed at the old inn. | |
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6. | the marital relationship. | | 7. | any resting place: making his bed under a tree. | | 8. | something resembling a bed in form or position. | | 9. | a piece or area of ground in a garden or lawn in which plants are grown. | | 10. | an area in a greenhouse in which plants are grown. | | 11. | the plants in such areas. | | 12. | the bottom of a lake, river, sea, or other body of water. | | 13. | a piece or part forming a foundation or base. | | 14. | a layer of rock; a stratum. | | 15. | a foundation surface of earth or rock supporting a track, pavement, or the like: a gravel bed for the roadway. | | 16. | Building Trades. | a. | the underside of a stone, brick, slate, tile, etc., laid in position. | | b. | the upper side of a stone laid in position. | | c. | the layer of mortar in which a brick, stone, etc., is laid. | | d. | the natural stratification of a stone: a stone laid on bed. | | | 17. | Furniture. skirt (def. 6b). | | 18. | the flat surface in a printing press on which the form of type is laid. | | 19. | Transportation. the body or, sometimes, the floor or bottom of a truck or trailer. | | 20. | Chemistry. a compact mass of a substance functioning in a reaction as a catalyst or reactant. | | 21. | Sports. | a. | the canvas surface of a trampoline. | | b. | the smooth, wooden floor of a bowling alley. | | c. | the slate surface of a billiard table to which the cloth is fastened. | | | 22. | Zoology. flesh enveloping the base of a claw, esp. the germinative layer ben
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eath the claw. | | 23. | Also called mock, mock mold. Shipbuilding. a shaped steel pattern upon which furnaced plates for the hull of a vessel are hammered to shape. | –verb (used with object) | 25. | to provide with a bed. | | 27. | Horticulture. to plant in or as in a bed. | | 29. | to place in a bed or layer: to bed oysters. | | 30. | to embed, as in a substance: bedding the flagstones in concrete. | | 31. | to take or accompany to bed for purposes of sexual intercourse. | –verb (used without object) | 32. | to have sleeping accommodations: He says we can bed there for the night. | | 33. | Geology. to form a compact layer or stratum. | | 34. | (of a metal structural part) to lie flat or close against another part. | | 35. | Archaic. to go to bed. | —Verb phrase | 36. | bed down, | a. | to make a bed for (a person, animal, etc.). | | b. | to retire to bed: They put out the fire and decided to bed down for the night. | | —Idioms | 37. | get up on the wrong side of the bed, to be irritable or bad-tempered from the start of a day: Never try to reason with him when he's gotten up on the wrong side of the bed. | | 38. | go to bed, | a. | to retire, esp. for the night. | | b. | to engage in sexual relations. | | | 39. | go to bed with, to have sexual intercourse with. | | 40. | in bed, | a. | beneath the covers of a bed. | | b. | engaged in sexual intercourse. |
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| | 41. | jump or get into bed with, to form a close, often temporary, alliance, usually with an unlikely ally: Industry was charged with jumping into bed with labor on the issue. | | 42. | make a bed, to fit a bed with sheets and blankets. | | 43. | make one's bed, to be responsible for one's own actions and their results: You've made your bed—now lie in it. | | 44. | put to bed, | a. | to help
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(a child, invalid, etc.) go to bed. | | b. | Printing. to lock up (forms) in a press in preparation for printing. | | c. | to work on the preparation of (an edition of a newspaper, periodical, etc.) up to the time of going to press. | | |
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And Definition–conjunction | 1. | (used to connect grammatically coordinate words, phrases, or clauses) along or together with; as well as; in addition to; besides; also; moreover: pens and pencils. | | 2. | added to; plus: 2 and 2 are 4. | | 3. | then: He read for an hour and went to bed. | | 4. | also, at the same time: to sleep and dream. | | 5. | then again; repeatedly: He coughed and coughed. | | 6. | (used to imply different qualities in things having the same name): There are bargains and bargains, so watch out. | | 7. | (used to introduce a sentence, implying continuation) also; then: And then it happened. | | 8. | Informal. to (used between two finite verbs): Try and do it. Call and see if she's home yet. | | 9. | (used to introduce a consequence or conditional result): He felt sick and decided to lie down
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for a while. Say one more word about it and I'll scream. | | 10. | but; on the contrary: He tried to run five miles and couldn't. They said they were about to leave and then stayed for two more hours. | | 11. | (used to connect alternatives): He felt that he was being forced to choose between his career and his family. | | 12. | (used to introduce a comment on the preceding clause): They don't like each other—and with good reason. | | 13. | Archaic. if: and you please. Compare an 2 . | –noun | 14. | an added condition, stipulation, detail, or particular: He accepted the job, no ands or buts about it. | —Idioms | 16. | and so forth, and the like; and others; et cetera: We discussed traveling, sightseeing, and so forth. | | 17. | and so on, and more things or others of a similar kind; and the like: It was a summer filled with parties, picnics, and so on. | |
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Breakfast Definition–noun | 1. | the first meal of the day; morning meal: A hearty breakfast was served at 7 a.m. | | 2. | the food eaten at the first meal of the day: a breakfast of bacon and eggs. | –verb (used without object) | 3. | to eat breakfast: He breakfasted on bacon and eggs. | –verb (used with object) | 4. | to supply with breakfast: We breakfasted the author in the finest restaurant. | |
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