make the bed

verb

To arrange the sheets, blankets, or other coverings of a bed smoothly and neatly, with the corners tucked under the mattress.

“You're old enough to make your own bed now.”

Similar
spread the bed
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Meanings

verbmake the bed (third-person singular simple present makes the bed, present participle making the bed, simple past and past participle made the bed)

present singular third person makes the bed · participle present making the bed · participle past made the bed · past made the bed

  1. To arrange the sheets, blankets, or other coverings of a bed smoothly and neatly, with the corners tucked under the mattress.

    You're old enough to make your own bed now.

    Synonyms: spread the bed

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo arrange the sheets, blankets, or other coverings of a bed smoothly and neatly, with the corners tucked under the mattress.

Similar
spread the bed
Also see
spread the bed

Translations

Catalan fer el llit
  • fer el llitarrange sheets, etc. smoothly and neatly
Chinese Mandarin 鋪床 /铺床
  • 鋪床 /铺床 (pūchuáng)arrange sheets, etc. smoothly and neatly
Czech stlát, ustlat
  • stlátarrange sheets, etc. smoothly and neatly
  • ustlatarrange sheets, etc. smoothly and neatly
Dutch het bed opmaken
  • het bed opmakenarrange sheets, etc. smoothly and neatly
Finnish pedata, sijata
  • pedataarrange sheets, etc. smoothly and neatly
  • sijataarrange sheets, etc. smoothly and neatly
French faire son lit
  • faire son litarrange sheets, etc. smoothly and neatly
German das Bett machen
  • das Bett machenarrange sheets, etc. smoothly and neatly
Hebrew הִצִּיעַ
  • הִצִּיעַ (hitsía)arrange sheets, etc. smoothly and neatly
Hungarian ágyaz, beágyaz
  • ágyazarrange sheets, etc. smoothly and neatly
  • beágyazarrange sheets, etc. smoothly and neatly
  • beveti az ágyatarrange sheets, etc. smoothly and neatly
Icelandic búa um rúmið
  • búa um rúmiðarrange sheets, etc. smoothly and neatly
Italian rifare il letto
  • rifare il lettoarrange sheets, etc. smoothly and neatly
Japanese 布団を敷く, ベッドを整える
  • 布団を敷く (futon o shiku)arrange sheets, etc. smoothly and neatly
  • ベッドを整える (beddo o totonoeru)arrange sheets, etc. smoothly and neatly
Polish ścielić łóżko, pościelić łóżko
  • ścielić łóżkoarrange sheets, etc. smoothly and neatly
  • pościelić łóżkoarrange sheets, etc. smoothly and neatly
  • słać łóżkoarrange sheets, etc. smoothly and neatly
  • posłać łóżkoarrange sheets, etc. smoothly and neatly
Portuguese fazer a cama, arrumar a cama
  • fazer a camaarrange sheets, etc. smoothly and neatly
  • arrumar a camaarrange sheets, etc. smoothly and neatly
Russian стели́ть, застила́ть, стлать посте́ль, крова́ть, постели́ть, застла́ть посте́ль, крова́ть
  • стели́ть, застила́ть, стлать посте́ль, крова́ть (stelítʹ, zastilátʹ, stlatʹ postélʹ, krovátʹ)arrange sheets, etc. smoothly and neatly
  • постели́ть, застла́ть посте́ль, крова́ть (postelítʹ, zastlátʹ postélʹ, krovátʹ)arrange sheets, etc. smoothly and neatly
Spanish hacer la cama
  • hacer la camaarrange sheets, etc. smoothly and neatly
Swahili tandika kitanda
  • tandika kitandaarrange sheets, etc. smoothly and neatly
Swedish bädda
  • bäddaarrange sheets, etc. smoothly and neatly
Welsh gwneud y gwely
  • gwneud y gwelyarrange sheets, etc. smoothly and neatly
Cite this entry
APA

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

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Chicago

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