눕다
nup-da
People lie down, and so do trees after a storm
The picture What stood upright is stretched out level with the ground, and the force holding it up drains away. 눕다 goes level with the ground; 서다 rises up off it.
Where the picture shows up in 눕다
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laying the body flat along the floor
여기 잠깐 누우세요.
yeo-gi jam-kkan nu-u-se-yo
Please lie down here for a moment.
A standing person folding at the knees and laying their back on the floor until the body runs level with it
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lying down and letting the force go
침대에 누워서 쉬고 있어요.
chim-dae-e nu-wo-seo swi-go i-sseo-yo
I'm lying on the bed resting.
Arms and legs spread out on the bed while the tension drains out of the shoulders
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what stood is knocked flat sideways
태풍에 나무가 다 누웠어요.
tae-pung-e na-mu-ga da nu-wo-sseo-yo
The typhoon laid all the trees flat.
Trees that stood straight all pushed over by the wind until they lie flat one way
It is not only people who lie down. Anything that stood upright can 눕다.
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too ill to get back up
아파서 사흘을 누워 있었어요.
a-pa-seo sa-heu-reul nu-wo i-sseo-sseo-yo
I was laid up for three days.
Three days under the quilt without being able to raise the body off the bed
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doing something from a lying posture
누워서 폰 보면 눈 나빠져요.
nu-wo-seo pon bo-myeon nun na-ppa-jyeo-yo
Looking at your phone lying down ruins your eyes.
Lying face up with the phone held out over your face
All of it in one picture
눕다 is the picture of the upright going level with the ground. The body goes level and you are lying down; the shoulders let go and you are resting; the trees go level and the storm has flattened them; three days go by without rising and you are laid up; the phone comes over your face and you are watching it from down there. So wherever 눕다 goes, the force that was holding something up has drained away and it has given itself to the floor.