lay up

verb

Definition of lay upnext
as in to store
to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place an eating disorder that would impel her to lay up candy bars in her closet for all-night food binges

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Recent Examples of lay up But this bruin had laid up too much of his winter’s fat already. — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025 These bears were laying up fat for their winter’s hibernation, and there must have been a dozen or so of them. — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025 The Benedict sawmill is laid up due to the weather. — Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025 The vote will be far from a lay up for the affable Louisiana conservative, even with the endorsement of President-elect Trump, the party’s undisputed leader. — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lay up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lay up
  1. store
  2. lay in
  3. stash
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  • After a bit of work scraping out the cocoons, they can be stored in the refrigerator.
    — Martha Ann Overland, NPR, 6 Apr. 2025
  • For best freshness for longer, store them stem side down, and do not stack them on top of each other.
    — Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 6 Apr. 2025
Definition of store
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  • The rub lay in a provision of the Basel Convention, which stated that an object sent from one country to another for reuse, rather than disposal, wasn’t waste but a thing of value.
    — Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Down below, Tahitian Terrace lay in ruins.
    — Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2025
Definition of lay in
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  • That woman tuned out to be Barba, who police discovered in a car nearby an apartment where the drugs were meant to be stashed with a shoebox of fentanyl on the front passenger floor.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
  • The Lifting Eye Serum, to Dr. Barbara Sturm Enzyme Cleanser and more, Olivia Culpo has been known to stash a few high-end buys in her beauty cabinet.
    — Dahvi Shira, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Definition of stash

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