lay up

lay up

transitive verb

Definition of LAY UP

1

: to store up : lay by

2

: to disable or confine with illness or injury <a knee injury laid him up for a week>

3

: to take out of active service

Examples of LAY UP

1. <an eating disorder that would impel her to lay up candy bars in her closet for all-night food binges>

First Known Use of LAY UP

14th century

Related to LAY UP

Synonyms

cache, lay away, lay by, lay in, hoard, put by, salt away, squirrel (away), stash, stockpile, store, stow, treasure

Related Words

accumulate, acquire, amass, assemble, collect, concentrate, garner, gather, pick up, round up, scrape (together); heap, pile, stack; conserve, husband, preserve; bank, coffer, deposit, hold, keep, reserve, retain, save, set by, stock, withhold; bury, conceal, ensconce, secrete

Near Antonyms

cast, discard, ditch, dump, fling (off or away), jettison, throw away, throw out, unload; consume, squander, use up, waste; hand out, hand over, relinquish, surrender; blow, dissipate, fritter (away), lavish, misspend, run through, spend; deplete, exhaust, expend, impoverish; dispel, disperse, dissipate, scatter