BEDDING Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

bedding 1 of 2

noun

Definition of bedding

as in clothes

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bedding

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verb

present participle of bed

as in retiring

to go to one's bed in order to sleep the campers all bedded down for the night around 9:00 p.m.

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as in lodging

to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter a walkway of flagstones firmly bedded in the earth

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Recent Examples of bedding

Noun

Now’s the time to get ahead of the seasonal shift with transitional bedding, and Quince has a lineup of layerable quilt sets that make revamping my linens easy. — Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Aug. 2026 That’s especially true for heavy rub lines that connect bedding areas and food sources. — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 6 Aug. 2026

Verb

Welspun Living, Trident, Indo Count, Himatsingka Seide,and Luolai Lifestyle are among the world’s largest bedding and towel makers. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 31 July 2026 Amazon has plenty of plush pillows, soft sheets, quilt sets, and other bedding at budget-friendly prices. — Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 27 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for bedding

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Verb

That work is arguably getting harder as chief executives stay in the job longer, causing their possible successors to get restless; some are bolting to jobs elsewhere or retiring themselves.

— Phil Wahba, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026
Mogg is a former PGA Tour player, the world’s highest level of competitive golf, and since retiring has coached players on the PGA, LPGA, Champions and Korn Ferry Tours to more than 30 championships.

— Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of retiring

Verb

All nine bodies were airlifted to Frog Lake Huts, the backcountry lodging the group stayed at for two nights before the avalanche.

— Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Experiences may eventually become a larger part of the platform, but Hachey emphasized that the next year will be focused on lodging execution.

— Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of lodging

Verb

Some travel essentials are simply non-negotiable, from a blackout eye mask for sleeping on the plane to a personal safety alarm for peace of mind.

— Hayley Domin, Travel + Leisure, 8 Aug. 2026
At the Whitney Biennial, Carmen de Monteflores’s long-unseen shaped canvases of colorful overlapping figures hung alongside her daughter Andrea Fraser’s wax sculptures of sleeping toddlers.

— Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of sleeping

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The easiest ways to grow new thyme are by layering or rooting cuttings in water, not soil.

— Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 11 Aug. 2026
Propagate catmint in late spring or early summer by cutting 3- to 4-inch-long stems, removing the lower leaves, and dipping the stems in rooting hormone.

— Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 17 July 2026

Definition of rooting

Verb

There are five sculptures, one for each of de Monteflores’s children; and Fraser herself was a toddler when the paintings on view were made, likely napping, her mother has said, while the work took shape.

— Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
The data showed that sperm whales napping near the surface blew bubbles 11 times on average during their naps, compared to three or four times by those whales making a slow ascent.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of napping

Verb

Leaders must bridge this gap by embedding engineering teams directly into diverse customer environments early on and requiring them to build for real-world operational parameters, not assumptions.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
At the same time, leaders report role transformation at twice the rate employees experience it, pointing to steady progress embedding AI into operations, yet just 17% of employees say AI is part of their daily work.

— Neil Dhar, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026

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