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# bedside

«bedside» in Mova's school dictionary: **The area next to a bed** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) The area next to a bed. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bedside/#m3)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bedside» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bedside/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.