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# bedside

noun (a bedside, bedsides); adjective (bedside, as in bedside table)

«bedside» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The area next to a bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bedside/#m1)
2. Used before a noun for things kept next to a bed: a bedside table, bedside lamp. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bedside/#m2)
3. Being at someone's bedside means staying with someone who is ill in bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bedside/#m3)

### In the lessons

Everyday home word for furniture. In stories families gather at the bedside of a sick person. Phrases: bedside table, bedside lamp, at her bedside, bedside manner (how kindly a doctor talks to patients).

### Examples

- I keep a book on my bedside table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bedside/#x1)
- Switch off the bedside lamp, please. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bedside/#x2)
- Mum sat at my bedside when I had a fever. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bedside/#x3)
- The family gathered at Grandad's bedside in the hospital. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bedside/#x4)
- The doctor has a gentle bedside manner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bedside/#x5)
- My alarm clock is on the bedside cabinet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bedside/#x6)
- So he took up a rifle which he had laid at his bedside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bedside/#x7)

### Note

Mostly used before another noun. In the UK, «bedside cabinet»; in the US, «nightstand» means a bedside table. One word.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bedside» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bedside/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bedside» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bedside.html) on Mova free.