adverb
abed
uh-BED/əˈbed/
In bed.
The older man sleeps abed, tucked comfortably beneath a blanket.
Etymology
The prefix places someone in the resting place named by bed. Abed preserves the straightforward meaning of the old phrase 'in bed,' rather than describing movement toward it.
In context
Cousin Stickles and Mrs. Frederick Stirling had been up since seven, but Valancy was allowed to lie abed half an hour longer because of a family tradition that she was delicate. Valancy got up
More examples
- The children were still abed when the guests arrived.
- He spent the rainy afternoon abed with a novel.
- The old diary says the household remained abed until nine.
Similar words
- in bed
- The ordinary modern phrase for the same position.