as in to store
to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place
be sure to lay in enough food for the long Alaska winter
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Recent Examples of lay in
Bricks laying in neat stacks, waiting to be weapons.
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Ismat Ara, TIME, 15 Mar. 2025
While telecommunications cables have been laid in trenches 8-km deep, power cables are much thicker and heavier, so placing and even transporting them is more challenging.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Mar. 2025
For two years, he was chained to his hospital bed without access to any form of entertainment, left to lay in pain and listen to the hum of medical devices.
—Daniel Eduardo Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
In another scene, Laurie prays again while laying in bed underneath an angel wings cut-out.
—Abby Monteil, Them, 4 Mar. 2025
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Ismat Ara, TIME, 15 Mar. 2025
While telecommunications cables have been laid in trenches 8-km deep, power cables are much thicker and heavier, so placing and even transporting them is more challenging.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Mar. 2025
For two years, he was chained to his hospital bed without access to any form of entertainment, left to lay in pain and listen to the hum of medical devices.
—Daniel Eduardo Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
In another scene, Laurie prays again while laying in bed underneath an angel wings cut-out.
—Abby Monteil, Them, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lay in
Verb
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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
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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
Verb
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Fromm’s maturation also was thwarted by COVID restrictions that led the Bills to stash him off-campus in case Allen or Barkley got sick.—
Tim Graham,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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Separate your bills; stash some in your bag, and keep some on your person, either in your shoe, your bra, your pants pockets, or somewhere else secure.—
Louryn Strampe,
Wired News,
9 Apr. 2025
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He was laid up in bed for five weeks in the summer of 1919 but returned to the job that fall.—
Richard Selcer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Mar. 2025
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Morikawa was laid up 90 yards out, while Henley's approach sailed right of the green.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2025
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