laid by

verb

past tense of lay by
1
as in discarded
to get rid of as useless or unwanted a politician who had laid by his principles years ago

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2
as in stored
to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place ever since the last hurricane caught them unprepared, they have laid by emergency supplies

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for laid by
  1. discarded
  2. stored
  3. dumped
  4. stashed
  5. unloaded
  6. ditched
  7. lost
Verb
  • In 2015, the last year fishing was allowed around the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, the longline fishing fleet caught and discarded more than 7,000 sharks.
    — NPR, NPR, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Russia’s answer to the Artemis program is to develop its own Russian Orbital Station, using modules from the International Space Station after it has been discarded, which would act as a gateway for lunar exploration.
    — Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2026
Definition of discarded
Verb
  • The name came from the orange stripe painted across the 55-gallon drums where the chemical mix was stored.
    — Nicole Borman, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
  • Tupperware, plastic containers with tightly locking lids, transformed the way food was stored (as well as the way brands sold their wares).
    — Shoshi Parks, Popular Science, 30 July 2026
Definition of stored
Verb
  • The Swannanoa River, across Highway 70 from Barker's street, rose to historic levels after Hurricane Helene dumped intense rainfall on the Appalachian region, after the area had already been hit by a storm just days before.
    — Ginger Zee, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The wind whips up sewage dried to a powder that's been dumped for years onto an arid riverbed near the fishing settlement of Rehri Goth, on the outskirts of the Pakistani port city of Karachi.
    — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of dumped
Verb
  • Priscilla wanted Cary to convince Lucky to bring her the money that John had stashed away.
    — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • In 2018, a Canadian man pleaded guilty to smuggling guns into Canada via the library by collecting bags of pistols stashed inside the bathroom by his American partners.
    — Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 29 July 2026
Definition of stashed
Verb
  • Continue reading … DIGITAL'S NEWS QUIZ — Who unloaded on Sophie Cunningham fans?
    — , FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026
  • The team that has looked mostly hapless at the plate the last two months unloaded eight singles, seven home runs, four doubles, two walks and, on Christmas In July Night at Progressive Field, a partridge in a pear tree.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of unloaded
Verb
  • And Democrats denounced a 6-3 decision gutting a key section of the Voting Rights Act and another that ditched one of the few remaining checks on money in politics.
    — Emily R. Condon, USA Today, 30 July 2026
  • Since my last review, Happn has overhauled its premium tiers, added AI tools, and ditched its desktop version, but the mobile app still shines.
    — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 28 July 2026
Definition of ditched
Verb
  • Conductor Nathalie Stutzmann made a convincing case for an unwieldy composition whose autographed score was given by Wagner's daughter-in-law, Winifried, to Hitler and lost in the destruction that ended World War II.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The date stood out to Browning, who’d lost thousands in anticipated shillings when 584 steerage and 253 second-class passengers chose drowning in a Canadian river over registering at one of his boarding houses near the port of Liverpool.
    — Claire Carusillo, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of lost
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“Laid by.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laid%20by. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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