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bedside

[ bed-sahyd ]

noun

  1. the side of a bed, especially as the place of one attending the sick.


adjective

  1. at or for a bedside:

    a bedside table.

bedside

/ ˈɛˌɪ /

noun

    1. the space by the side of a bed, esp of a sick person
    2. ( as modifier )

      a bedside lamp

      a doctor's bedside manner

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bedside1

1325–75; Middle English; originally bed + 's 1 + side 1
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She added; "This entitlement means they can be where they need to be which is by their baby's bedside."

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Wilband also told Wheeler to burn drugs bags that were in her bedside drawer so they could not be found by police.

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Brant connected with the Threshold Choir, a national network of volunteers who sing at the bedsides of the ill and dying.

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Ziploc bags of cash, labeled by amount, were tucked into bedside drawers and strewn about the floor.

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Beneath that on the bedside table is a biography of military genius Napoleon Bonaparte.

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