bedding down
Preparing for sleep
Bedding down means settling into a place to sleep, especially somewhere temporary or makeshift: The soldiers bedded down in an abandoned farmhouse.
It extends to getting comfortable for the night more generally, and applies to animals as well as people.
Figuratively, it can mean establishing something in a stable position: The new policy is still bedding down.
- nestleSettle into sheltered comfort
- settling inBecoming established somewhere
- bunkNonsense or stacked bed
- bedFurniture for slumber
- settleReach final terms
hibernate · bivouac · sleeping bag · campsite · pillow · burrow · lair · acclimate · bedroll · den · snooze · blanket · mattress · shelter · adjust · tent · roost · cot
sleep/rest cycle
bedding downwaking up
Emerging from sleep
rising · getting up · waking · arising · rousing
settling/establishing vs. departing
bedding downbreaking camp
moving on · packing up · decamping · moving out · uprooting