lays by

verb

present tense third-person singular of lay by
1
as in dumps
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 stores
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 lays by
  1. dumps
  2. stores
  3. ditches
  4. stashes
  5. discards
  6. unloads
  7. loses
  8. throws away
Verb
  • News 12 reported that the boy's body had been discovered at a waste collection center in Stamford, having been brought there by a truck that dumps trash and recyclables there.
    — Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026
  • Towns dumps the ball off to Mitchell Robinson for his easiest two points of the night.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 16 May 2026
Definition of dumps
Verb
  • The work is being presented as the first report of a material that stores energy by physically rebuilding itself.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 July 2026
  • The technology stores energy by compressing carbon dioxide using electricity from the grid and later expanding the gas through a turbine to generate power when needed.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 June 2026
Definition of stores
Verb
  • The upcoming Splatoon Raiders ditches the series' trademark, competitive multiplayer shooting, to focus entirely on single-player and co-operative raids.
    — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • Meta ditches Ray-Ban and adds Kylie Jenner.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 24 June 2026
Definition of ditches
Verb
  • To de-slime his pike, the Griz puts them in a paper grocery bag, then puts that bag in a larger garbage bag, and stashes it all in a cooler.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 18 June 2026
  • One stashes them in a tomato paste box.
    — Rebecca Flint Marx, SELF, 20 Apr. 2026
Definition of stashes
Verb
  • Try the Storm Chaser, which sends you into a zero-gravity fall, catches you in a funnel, then discards you into a pool below.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 18 Feb. 2026
  • At the same time, Gans discards the psychological and spatial logic that gave meaning to the original telling’s dream-like sense of disorientation.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2026
Definition of discards
Verb
  • Pickle Robot's system unloads boxes from trailers or containers.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
  • An oil tanker unloads crude oil at a terminal at the port in Qingdao, in China's eastern Shandong province on March 11, 2026.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026
Definition of unloads
Verb
  • The deeper the water, the sooner a vehicle loses traction on the road.
    — STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 July 2026
  • And the company doing the genuine, expensive work of transition loses the one advantage the label was meant to confer, cheaper capital and patient shareholders who believe the plan.
    — Ingmar Rentzhog, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of loses
Verb
  • Each year, the average American throws away nearly 1,800 pounds of trash.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 22 May 2026
  • Its chair, Beatrice Rindevall, said each Swede throws away around 9-10 kilograms (20-22 pounds) of clothes.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
Definition of throws away
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“Lays by.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lays%20by. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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