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.
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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
Now he was laid up with a spinal injury in the Victorian home of a country doctor, his future uncertain.
—Ash Carter, airmail.news, 7 Dec. 2024
The Benedict sawmill is laid up due to the weather.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
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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
Now he was laid up with a spinal injury in the Victorian home of a country doctor, his future uncertain.
—Ash Carter, airmail.news, 7 Dec. 2024
The Benedict sawmill is laid up due to the weather.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lay up
Verb
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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
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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
Verb
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And even as the show plays with time differently, a lot of bricks needed to be laid in order to get to this point.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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The dog, resembling a German Shepherd breed, was found laying in the middle of the road after being hit by a car.—
Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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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
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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
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