make the bed — to straighten and tidy the sheets and covers of a bed after sleeping
More collocations
More collocations with bed (11)
bunk bed
a pair of single beds fixed one above the other in a frame
double bed
a bed wide enough to sleep two people comfortably
single bed
a bed designed for one person
share a bed
to sleep in the same bed as another person
change the bed
to remove and replace the sheets and pillowcases on a bed
strip the bed
to remove all the linen from a bed
sleigh bed
a bed whose solid headboard and footboard curve outward at the top
sofa bed
a sofa that can be opened or converted into a bed
More collocations with make (24)
make a call
to telephone someone
make a friend
to form a friendship with a new person
make a plan
to devise a strategy or scheme for achieving something
make a wish
to express a desire or hope, especially as a ritual gesture
make coffee
to prepare coffee for drinking
make dinner
to prepare and put together the evening meal
make tea
to prepare tea by infusing leaves or a bag in hot water
make a change
alter or modify something deliberately
Sharing same tag — verb_noun
Words
- answer a question to provide a response to a question
- answer the phone to pick up a ringing phone and speak to the caller
- ask a question to address a question to someone in order to find something out
- attend a class be present at a scheduled lesson
- become a father have a child for the first time; take on the role of a father
- boil water heat water to 100 °C, typically to sterilise it or prepare food
- brush hair to smooth or style hair by drawing a brush through it
- build a house construct a house from the ground up
- build a wall construct a wall
- buy a car to purchase a car