Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

make one's bed

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.30 in modern English

Syllables
make one's bed
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Ellipsis of make one's bed and lie in it.

verb

To make the bed in which one has slept.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

makes one's bed (present, singular) making one's bed (participle, present) made one's bed (participle, past) made one's bed (past)

Questions

What does make one's bed mean?
Ellipsis of make one's bed and lie in it.

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