BB43

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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