bed down

Verb

 * 1)  To lie down to sleep for the night, usually of livestock or machinery, or of people when sleeping somewhere worse than normal, often camping or in prison.
 * 2) * 2006, Temple Grandin, Jennifer Lanier and Mark Deesing, Low Stress Methods for Moving and Herding Cattle on Pastures, Paddocks and Large Feedlot Pens, Department of Animal Sciences, Colorado State University
 * The herd will tend to stay where the calves bed down.
 * The horses will bed down once they get in the stable.
 * ''The tent was an uncomfortable place to bed down.
 * 1)  To put an animal to rest for the night.
 * 2)  To sleep with or sleep alongside (a person or pet).
 * Who has she been bedding down with?
 * 1)  To become permanent, fixed or embedded to a particular setup, way of thinking, style or manner.
 * ''A habit can easily become bedded down.
 * 1)  To become permanent, fixed or embedded to a particular setup, way of thinking, style or manner.
 * ''A habit can easily become bedded down.