Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Toward bed.

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  • adverb Towards bed.

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  • adverb Toward bed.

Etymologies

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From bed +‎ -ward.

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Examples

  • The move "bedward" was almost simultaneous and the drift toward slumberland not far behind.

    Campfire Girls at Twin Lakes The Quest of a Summer Vacation Stella M. Francis

  • He pshawed and went behind Beth Anne, pushed her enough to push me and crumple us all bedward.

    None Of It Grace 2009

  • He pshawed and went behind Beth Anne, pushed her enough to push me and crumple us all bedward.

    None Of It Grace Mike Young 2009

  • Glendinnings were each wrapped up in his own reflections, and only interrupted in them by the signal to move bedward.

    The Monastery 2008

  • August 12, 2008 at 10:55 pm ok, i getz it nobuddy wantz 2 tawk 2 mii- dats ok. ai go bedward nao.

    dis ur kid? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • This is the dormitive I take to bedward; I need no other laudanum than this to make me sleep; after which I close mine eyes in security, content to take my leave of the sun, and sleep unto the resurrection.

    Religio Medici 2007

  • Enter Isabella in her night-gown, as to bedward, with lights, after her,

    The White Devil 2007

  • Enter Isabella in her night-gown, as to bedward, with lights, after her,

    The White Devil 2007

  • And Jos creaked up the stairs to bedward, followed by Kirsch with a flambeau.

    Vanity Fair 2006

  • Lloyd and I were going bedward, it was late with a bright moon — ah, poor dog, you know no such moons as these! — when home came Arrick with his head in a white bandage and his eyes shining.

    Vailima Letters 2005

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