Meaning

In bed, or on the bed; confined to bed..

Definitions by Sense

1. In bed, or on the bed; confined to bed.
2. On a childbed.

Example Sentences

Not to be abed after midnight

[She] is sick abed.

The world was awake to the 2nd of May, but Mayfair is not the world, and even the menials of Mayfair lie long abed.

Who can lie peacefully abed, while the darkness holds some secret?

In the future, most crucially, Wikilambda will continue to be debugged and extended by its core developers. They will need to understand the structure and intent of the software, and their understanding will affect the future course of the project. They will understand Wikilambda’s structure and intent using abstractions. They will encounter these abstractions in the source code, in the documentation, in the conversation of their workmates, in textbooks, in blogs, at conferences, or abed on sleepless nights puzzling over fiendish bugs.

I mean, she's brought a-bed

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When Should You Use Abed?

Use abed when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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