A person who has to stay in bed all the time: “For two years now he’s been ________.”
| BEDRIDDEN | 556 |
| BEDFAST | 242 |
| INVALID | 142 |
| CONFINED | 37 |
| FLAT ON HIS BACK | 32 |
| LAID UP | 32 |
| INVALIDED | 30 |
| IN BED | 20 |
| AN INVALID | 17 |
| BED PATIENT | 14 |
| CONFINED TO HIS BED | 10 |
| DOWN | 6 |
| AILING | 5 |
| BEDRID | 5 |
| CONFINED TO BED | 5 |
| INCAPACITATED | 5 |
| SHUT IN | 5 |
| CHRONIC INVALID | 3 |
| OUT OF CIRCULATION | 3 |
| SICK ABED | 3 |
| ABED | 2 |
| CHRONICALLY ILL | 2 |
| CONFINED TO THE BED | 2 |
| CONVALESCING | 2 |
| CRIPPLED | 2 |
| HELPLESS | 2 |
| LAID UP IN BED | 2 |
| ON THE SHELF | 2 |
| SERIOUSLY ILL | 2 |
| SICK IN BED | 2 |
| SIEGE | 2 |
| A INVALID | 1 |
| AILED | 1 |
| AN INVALIDED | 1 |
| BED | 1 |
| BED-BOUND | 1 |
| BED-FASTENED | 1 |
| BED-FASTING | 1 |
| BED-STRICKEN | 1 |
| CHRONIC | 1 |
| CONSTANT CARE | 1 |
| DOWN IN BED | 1 |
| DOWN UNDER | 1 |
| FLAT | 1 |
| FLAT OF HER BACK | 1 |
| FLAT OF HIS BACK | 1 |
| GROUNDED | 1 |
| HAD | 1 |
| HAD A CHRONICAL ILLNESS | 1 |
| HOLD BED | 1 |
| HOMESTEADED IN THE BED | 1 |
| HOUSEBOUND | 1 |
| ILL | 1 |
| IN | 1 |
| IN BAD SHAPE | 1 |
| IN THE SAME BUNK | 1 |
| INCARCERATED | 1 |
| LYING ABED | 1 |
| MENDILY | 1 |
| OFF HIS FEET | 1 |
| ON THE BED | 1 |
| ON THE ILL LIST | 1 |
| ON THE SICK LIST | 1 |
| OUT OF COMMISSION | 1 |
| OUT OF SERVICE | 1 |
| OVER THE HILL | 1 |
| PICKING UP | 1 |
| PRETENDING | 1 |
| RIGHT DOWN | 1 |
| STUCK IN BED | 1 |
| THIS SIDE OF MAGNOLIA | 1 |
| TIED DOWN | 1 |
| TOO SICK TO GET OUT OF BED | 1 |
| TOTAL INVALID | 1 |
| UNABLE TO TAKE CARE | 1 |
| WHO HIT HIM | 1 |
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