adjective
- Suffering from or affected with an illness: down, ill, sick, unwell. Chiefly Regional poorly. See health/sickness.
| Thesaurus: laid up |
| Idioms: laid up |
1.
Also,
sick in bed. Ill and confined to bed, as in I was laid up for a week with the flu, or Sally can't come outside; she's sick in bed. [Mid-1500s]
2.
Put in a safe place, as in The ship was laid up in dock with engine trouble, or The hikers were laid up in a cave during the storm. [Mid-1600s] Also see under
lay in; lay someone low.
| WordNet: laid up |
The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
ill and usually confined
| snecked rubble, snecked masonry | |
| concrete masonry | |
| rustic arch, rubble arch |
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