bed out
C1 neutral separable transitive
In simple words
To move young plants outside and put them in the garden.
Literal meaning: To move plants out of their containers and into garden beds.
Meanings
1 C1 neutral
To transfer young plants or seedlings from a protected environment to outdoor garden beds.
"Once the risk of frost has passed, you can bed out your geraniums and petunias."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Horticultural term, mainly used in British English gardening contexts. Most common in spring when bedding plants (petunias, begonias, etc.) are ready for outdoor planting after the last frost.
Commonly used with
seedlings bedding plants petunias marigolds geraniums annuals
Forms
Base
bed out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
beds out
he/she/it
Past simple
beded out
yesterday
Past participle
beded out
have + pp
-ing form
beding out
continuous
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