Meanings
- idiomaticRegarding sexual activities.
She wasn't kind or smart, attractive or even funny. Her only redeeming feature was that she was fantastic in bed.
Synonyms: in the sack
- broadlyidiomaticCooperating 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: in the sack
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseLying on a bed.
prepositional phraseRegarding sexual activities.
prepositional phraseCooperating with, as if for an illicit reward; in league with.
Translations
Afrikaans in die bed
- in die bedlying on one's bed
Chinese Mandarin 在床上, 在床上
- 在床上 (zài chuángshàng)lying on one's bed
- 在床上 (zài chuángshàng)in terms of sexual prowess
Dutch in bed
- in bedin terms of sexual prowess
Esperanto en lito
- en litolying on one's bed
Finnish vuoteessa, sängyssä
- vuoteessalying on one's bed
- sängyssälying on one's bed
- sängyssäin terms of sexual prowess
French au lit, au lit
- au litlying on one's bed
- au litin terms of sexual prowess
- sexuellementin terms of sexual prowess
Italian a letto
- a lettolying on one's bed
Japanese 寝込
- 寝込 (nekomi)lying on one's bed
Latin in lectō
- in lectōlying on one's bed
Norwegian Bokmål på sengen, på senga
- på sengenlying on one's bed
- på sengalying on one's bed
- i sengenin terms of sexual prowess
- i sengain terms of sexual prowess
Polish w łóżku
- w łóżkuin terms of sexual prowess
Spanish en cama, en la cama
- en camalying on one's bed
- en la camain terms of sexual prowess
Thai ในเตียง
- ในเตียง (nı teīyng)lying on one's bed
Cite this entry
in bed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20bed
“in bed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20bed. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in bed,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20bed.
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