laid up
Out of commission
Laid up means confined due to illness or injury: She's been laid up with the flu all week.
The phrase suggests being stuck in bed or at home, unable to go about normal activities.
In nautical contexts, a ship laid up is taken out of service, stored in port rather than sailing.
Unable to leave mattress
- convalescentOne recovering from illness
- recoveringRegaining health or strength
- incapacitatedMade unable to act
- sidelinedRemoved from participation
housebound · hospitalized · resting · immobilized · debilitated · injured · ailing · unwell
Drained vessel repair enclosure
- mooredSecured by line
- berthedBrought to dock
- dockedFastened at harbor
- anchoredFixed securely in position
winterized · mothballed · decommissioned · harbored · stored · idle · out of service · inactive
bedridden
Unable to leave mattress
- convalescentOne recovering from illness
- recoveringRegaining health or strength
- incapacitatedMade unable to act
sidelined · housebound · hospitalized · resting · immobilized · debilitated · injured · ailing · unwell · infirm
dry dock
Drained vessel repair enclosure
anchored · winterized · mothballed · decommissioned · harbored · stored · idle · out of service · inactive · sheltered
- Nautical Idiomsbatten down the hatches, all hands on deck, smooth sailing, three sheets to the wind, in the same boat
- nautical termsahoy, afloat, aye aye, aye-aye, becalmed
- sicknesssick, ill, unwell, ailing, diseased
- incapacitatedunconscious, knocked out, out cold, passed out, comatose
laid upup and about
Mobile after rest
fit as a fiddle · healthy · ambulatory · mobile · recovered
laid upon the job
Actively performing duties
working · on duty · active · in action · in harness
laid upin service
Functioning and available
commissioned · operational · seaworthy · deployed · under way
up, upon, update, lies, upgrade, upbeat, uphold, laying, laid