laid up

English

Adjective

laid up (not comparable)

1. Unable to move about normally due to illness or injury, especially when confined to bed.
   • 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:

     For days Ailie had an absent eye and a sad face, and it so fell out that in all that time young Heriotside, who had scarce missed a day, was laid up with a broken arm and never came near her.

   • 2000, Arthur Michael Saltzman, This Mad "instead": Governing Metaphors in Contemporary American Fiction, →ISBN, page 12:

     Flesh occasionally feels stalemated, more laid up than at home.

   • 2003 July 7, Walter Isaacson, “How They Chose These Words”, in Time:

     He was still laid up in bed with boils and gout when the committee first met.

2. Stored at a dock or other place of safety.

   The ship was laid up until repairs could commence.

Verb

laid up

1. simple past and past participle of lay up

Anagrams

• dial up, dial-up, dialup, uplaid