Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

take to one's bed

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.30 in modern English

Syllables: take -to one's bed
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To become bedbound due to sickness or infirmity.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"And so the time came when she could move about no longer, and took to her bed."
"By-and-by he took to his bed."
"Each day he grew more and more wretched, till at length he took to his bed and never got up."
"He liked sometimes to be ill enough to take to his bed."
"He says he took to his bed for a year and couldn't write."

Usage

Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

takes to one's bed (present, singular) taking to one's bed (participle, present) took to one's bed (past) taken to one's bed (participle, past)

Phrases

fall ill

Frequently Paired Words

fall ill

Questions

What does take to one's bed mean?: To become bedbound due to sickness or infirmity.

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