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单词 bedfast
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bedfast

[ bed-fast, -fahst ]
/ ˈbɛdˌfæst, -ˌfɑst /
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adjective Chiefly Midland and Western U.S.

confined to bed, as by illness or age; bedridden.

Origin of bedfast

First recorded in 1630–40; bed + fast1

Words nearby bedfast

bedehouse, bedel, bedesman, bedevil, bedew, bedfast, bedfellow, Bedford, Bedford cord, Bedford Heights, Bedfordshire
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Example sentences from the Web for bedfast

  • I have a daughter in that room who has been ill and bedfast for more than two years.

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  • Every now and then for a good many years he's had a bedfast spell.

    Kenny|Leona Dalrymple
  • She had barely recovered from the illness that kept her bedfast during the exciting days of the strike.

    From Workhouse to Westminster|George Haw

British Dictionary definitions for bedfast

bedfast
/ (ˈbɛdˌfɑːst) /

adjective

an archaic word for bedridden
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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