bed in

verb

To allow or help to settle in; to make (someone) feel at home.

“It took some time to be bedded in, but soon he knew his way around his new workplace.”

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Meanings

verbbed in (third-person singular simple present beds in, present participle bedding in, simple past and past participle bedded in)

present singular third person beds in · participle present bedding in · participle past bedded in · past bedded in

  1. idiomatictransitiveTo allow or help to settle in; to make (someone) feel at home.

    It took some time to be bedded in, but soon he knew his way around his new workplace.

    2 more examples

    The new trains were introduced in conjunction with Automatic Train Operation [...] and new signalling, but it took months for this to 'bed in', [...] But now the new signalling has bedded in, and the Central is the line that got its upgrade out of the way early.

    2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 115

    ScotRail is seeking the views of the public before recasting its Edinburgh/Perth/Dundee passenger timetable in 2025, once the reopened Levenmouth line has bedded in.

    2023 October 4, “Network News: Fife services in line for boost after Levenmouth opening?”, in RAIL, number 993, page 8
  2. transportTo break in new brakes by gentle us in order to heat them.

Origin

An allusion to gardening, where a plant or seed is introduced into a bed of soil where it can grow.

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APA

bed in. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bed%20in

MLA

“bed in.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bed%20in. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bed in,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bed%20in.

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