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Lay Up

Definition: Lay Up

Lay Up

Verb

1. Disable or confine, as with an illness; "She was laid up with pneumonia for six weeks".

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Specialty Definition: Lay Up

DomainDefinition

Energy

Lay up is another term for cold storage anddescribes the status of equipment (such as a power plant) that has been placed instorage ("mothballed") for latter use. (references)

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Synonym: Lay Up

Synonym by domain: lay-up (chemical industry, industry).

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Synonyms within Context: Lay Up

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Disease

Lay by, lay up; take a disease, catch a disease; Noun: catch an infection; break out.

Disuse

Verb: not use; do without, dispense with, let alone, not touch, forbear, abstain, spare, waive, neglect; keep back, reserve. lay up, lay by, lay on the shelf, keep on the shelf,lay up in ordinary; lay up in a napkin; shelve; set aside, put aside, lay aside; disuse, leave off, have done with; supersede; discard; (eject); dismiss, give warning.

Store

Verb: store; put by, lay by, set by; stow away; set apart, lay apart; store treasure, hoard treasure, lay up, heap up, put up, garner up, save up; bank; cache; accumulate, amass, hoard, fund, garner, save.

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Crosswords: Lay Up

English words defined with "lay up": Intreasure. (references)
Etymologies containing "lay up": Intreasure. (references)

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Familiar Quotations: Lay Up

AuthorQuotation

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Lay up your treasures in heaven where there is no depreciation.

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Historic Usage: Lay Up

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

Wherein one cannot but admire the wisdom of the great Creator, who having given to man foresight, and an ability to lay up for the future, as well as to supply the present necessity, hath made it necessary, that society of man and wife should be more lasting, than of male and female amongst other creatures; that so their industry might be encouraged, and their interest better united, to make provision and lay up goods for their common issue, which uncertain mixture, or easy and frequent solutions of conjugal society would mightily disturb. (Second Treatise of Government)

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Expressions: Lay Up

Expressions using "lay up": lay up bare lay up blame lay up claim lay up heads together lay up on a party lay up stores To lay up. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Lay Up

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
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6

basketball lay up

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Modern Translation: Lay Up

Language Translations for "lay up"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

të mbeturit pa punë (lay by), ruaj (bear, conserve, cure, enshrine, guard, hold, hug, keep, maintain, police, preserve, protect, put by, reserve, retain, safeguard, save, secure, shield, spare, spin out, tend, ware, watch, watch over), nxjerr në dok anijen, kursej (husband, put aside, reserve, save, save up, scrimp, spare, store, thrift), bllokoj (block, blockade, clog, close up, freeze, immobilize, jam, lock, obstruct, occlude, stop, tie up). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏دخر (enshrine, fund, garner, hoard, husband, lay by, put aside, put by, reserve, save, set, set apart, set aside, siphon, skimp, sock away, spare, stash, store). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

създавам си, скътвам (put away, put by, reserve, salt away, salt up, sock away, treasure up), спестя, трупам (cluster, congregate, gather, heap, hive, pile, roll up, run, run up, settle, shovel, store, treasure up). (various references)

   

Czech

  

upoutání na lùžku, ukládat (lay upon, stock). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

koota (amass, assemble, collect, gather, hoard up, store up). (various references)

   

French

  

épargner. (various references)

   

German

  

lagern (be encamped, be stored, camp, dump, encamp, lair, lay down, lie, rest, shelve, store, to camp), stillegen (close down, closedown, cripple, immobilize, quiesce, shut down, to cripple), einmotten, auflegen (apply, bring out, display, hang up, issue, lay, print, put on, put up, replace, replacement, ring off, to apply, to apply (to)), aufbocken (jack up), ansammeln (accrue, accumulate, amass, build up, concentrate, contract, gather together), anlegen (apply, attach, berth, buckle on, clap on, couch, create, dock, Don, draw up, fund, invest, land, landing, landscape, lay, lay back, lay beside, lay in, lay on, lay out, lean, locate, moor, mooring, position, put on, put onto, set, set out, site, start, structure, support, sustain, to apply, to apply (to)), anhäufen (accumulate, aggregate, amass, cluster, cumulate, hoard, hoarding, pile, to accumulate, to amass, to cluster, to conglomerate, to cumulate). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

βάζω ένα πλοίο στην εφεδρεία (lay up a ship, put a ship out of commission). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לא'ור (accumulate, amass, collect, gather, hoard, stash, stock up, store). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

tartalékol (keep in reserve, lay by, set apart, set aside, to reserve, to set apart, to set aside), használaton kívül helyezés, felhalmoz (accumulate, aggregate, amass, bulk, clump, cumulate, heap, heap up, hoard, mass, pile up, stack, to accumulate, to agglomerate, to aggregate, to ball, to clump, to engross, to heap, to heap up, to hive, to hoard, to hoard up, to lay up, to lumber, to pile on, to pile up, to treasure, to treasure up), beszerez (get, got, provide, to get, to get in, to lay up, to procure, to provide, to purchase). (various references)

   

Italian

  

risparmiare (economize, pull, save, skimp, spare, to save), ereggere. (various references)

   

Manx

  

tayrn ass yn aarkey, tashtey (cache, deposit, dew, dump, fund; damp, hoard, keep, lodgement, put by, reserve price, save, saving; stockpile, stock up, store, stow; dumping, stowage, treasure), stoyral (garner, hoard, hoarding, store, warehousing), cur stiagh (bring home, buy in, drop, embody, embrace, enclose, harvest, house, input, insert, insertion, install, installation, interject, interruption, intervention, pass, put in, return), cur ny haaue. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aylay upay

   

Portuguese

  

guardar (bestow, bin, bosom, coffer, coffin, conserve, defend, guard, keep, look after, maintain, observe, preserve, protect, put, put away, reserve, retain, save, shield, stow, tend, tuck, watch over), economizar (economize, husband, put away, save, set by, spare), armazenar (bin, garner, lay in, stock, store). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

strânge (accrete, accumulate, acerbate, acquire, agglomerate, amass, assemble, bind, call, chuck, clamp, clasp, clear, clench, close, collect, compress, concentrate, congregate, constrain, constrict, contract, converge, convolve, cramp, crop, crouch, crowd, crush, cull, cut, diminish, double, fasten, fold, force, garner, gather, glean, harvest, haul, hoard, house, hug, jam, lay aside, lay by, lay in, levy, lock, lump, make up, mass, muster, nip, pack, pick, pick up, pile, pile on, pinch, press, put away, put by, rake together, rake up, rally, reap, screw, shrink, shut, squeeze, stifle, stock, store, straighten, strain, straiten, suffocate, take up, tighten, troop, warehouse), pune (add, adhibit, annex, append, apply, attach, bet on, cause, deposit, do, Don, draw, dress, enclose, hang, impose, lay, lay down, lay on, Mount, place, pose, position, propose, put, put down, put in, put on, put up, repose, set, sow, stick), fi bolnav (be off the hooks, be on one's back, be queer, lie on one's back). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

копить (accumulate, amass, put aside, save, save up, stash), вывод из строя, запасать (hive, provide, reserve, store), припрятать (hide). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

taisg (deposit, hoard, store away). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

skupiti (aggregate, amass, assemble, collect, congregate, constrict, contract, gather, levy, pucker, raise, rake, shrink, treasure), prikovati uz postelju, postići pogodak ispod koša, pogodak ispod koša, nagomilati (accumulate, aggregate, amass, collect, garner, heap, hill, hoard, pile, pile up, stock, stock up, stockpile). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

obligar a guardar cama, guardar (bear, bosom, conserve, envision, fence, filibeg, guard, hang on, herd, hold, hold back, hold on to, house, keep, keep back, lay aside, lay away, lay by, leave in, look, maintain, observe, preserve, protect, put away, put back, put by, retain, save, shelter, tend, treasure, wait, ward, watch), enfermar (fall ill, get ill, sicken), desarmar (disarm, disassemble, dismantle, ship, unship), dejar de usar, crear para sí, atesorar (hoard, hoard up, treasure), amarrar (belay, hitch, lash, moor, secure, seize, tie up), almacenar (house, pit, squirrel away, stock, store), ahorrar (hang, husband, lay aside, lay away, lay by, put aside, put away, put by, save, save up, set by, spare), agotarse (come out, give out, go out, peter out, run low, wear out), acumular (accumulate, amass, cache, garner, gather, hoard, hoard up, lay in, pile up, stock, stockpile). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

lagra (garner, lay down, load, season, stockpile, store, stratify), lägga upp (clamp, dish up, hem, lay in, plank down), spara (conserve, economize, lay aside, lay by, put aside, save, save up, saving, scrape, scrimp, spare). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yataklık etmek, yığmak (accumulate, agglomerate, amass, bank up, cast up, clump, clutter, clutter up, congest, conglomerate, drift, dump, heap up, Hill, lump, mass, pack, pile, pile on, pile up, put up, roll up, shake down, stack, stock), toplamak (accumulate, add, add together, add up, agglomerate, aggregate, amass, assemble, beat up, bring together, build, call in, cast up, clear away, club, collect, combine, compile, concentrate, congest, congregate, consolidate, convene, cull, fold down back, furl, gather, gather up, glean, hand-pick, harvest, heap up, herd, hive, hive up, hoard, huddle, impound, levy, mass, muster, pack, pick, pick up, pluck, raise, rake together, rally, reckon up, recover, recruit, reunite, round up, scoop up, smarten up, sum up, summon, summon up, tot up, total, totalize, treasure, treasure up, turn out), stoklamak (buy up, forestall, garner, hoard, lay in, pile, stock, stock up, stockpile), kullanımdan çekmek, kızağa almak, depolamak (garner, lay in, stock, store, store up, warehouse), bakıma almak. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

виводити з ладу (lay aside), запасати (garner, hoard, hoard up, lay down, provide, reserve, store). (various references)

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Ancestral Language Translations: Lay Up

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

recondo, repono. (various references)

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Bible Trace: Lay Up

LanguageDateSourceProverbs Chapter 7, Verse 1
Latin405VulgateFili mi custodi sermones meos et praecepta mea reconde tibi
Middle English1395WyclifMy sone, kep thou my woordis; and myne hestis ley vp to thee. Sone, honoure thou the Lord, and thou shalt fare wel; biside hym forsothe thou shalt not dreden an other.
Jacobean English1611King JamesMy son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
Victorian English1833WebsterMy son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
Basic English1964OgdenMy son, keep my sayings, and let my rules be stored up with you.

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Matched Bible Translations: Lay Up

LanguageProverbs Chapter 7, Verse 1
Cebuano¶ Anak ko, bantayi ang akong mga pulong, Ug tagoa ang akong mga sugo uban kanimo.
Chinese我 ' 、 要 遵 守 我 的 言 語 、 將 我 的 命 令 存 記 在 心 .
CroatianÈuvaj, sine, rijeèi moje i pohrani moje zapovijedi kod sebe.
DanishMin Søn, vogt dig mine Ord,mine bud må du gemme hos dig;
DutchMijn zoon, bewaar mijn redenen, en leg mijn geboden bij u weg.
FinnishPoikani, noudata minun sanojani ja kätke mieleesi minun käskyni.
FrenchMon fils, retiens mes paroles, Et garde avec toi mes préceptes.
GermanMein Kind, behalte meine Rede und verbirg meine Gebote bei dir.
Haitian Creole¶ Pitit mwen, chonje sa m'ap moutre ou la a. Pa janm bliye sa m'ap di ou pou fè a.
HungarianFiam, tartsd meg az én beszédeimet, és az én parancsolataimat rejtsd el magadnál.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariIngatlah perkataan-perkataanku, anakku, dan jangan lupa akan apa yang kuperintahkan kepadamu.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaHai anakku! peliharakanlah kiranya segala perkataanku dan taruhlah akan segala pesanku dalam hatimu.
ItalianFiglio mio, custodisci le mie parole e f tesoro dei miei precetti.
Maori¶ E taku tama, puritia aku kupu, huna aku whakahau ki roto ki a koe.
NorwegianMin sønn, bevar mine ord og gjem mine bud hos dig!
PortugueseFilho meu, guarda as minhas palavras, e entesoura contigo os meus mandamentos.   
RumanianFiule, pqstreazq cuvintele mele, wi yine la tine sfaturile mele.
RussianуЩО НПК! ИТБОЙ УМПЧБ НПЙ Й ЪБ ПЧЕ"Й НПЙ УПЛТПК Х УЕ'С.
SpanishHijo mío, guarda mis palabras y atesora mis mandamientos dentro de ti.
SwedishFortsättning av inledningen: Ytterligare varning för lösaktighet.

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Misspellings: Lay Up

Misspellings

"Lay Up" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: layup. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Lay Up

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: layup.

Words within the letters "a-l-p-u-y"

-1 letter: paly, play, pula, yaup.

-2 letters: alp, lap, lay, pal, pay, ply, pul, pya, yap, yup.

-3 letters: al, ay, la, pa, up, ya.

 Words containing the letters "a-l-p-u-y"
 

+1 letter: layups, plaguy.

 

+2 letters: gunplay, outplay, plaguey, playful, unaptly.

 

+3 letters: abruptly, culpably, eucalypt, gunplays, opaquely, outplays, plaguily, platypus, playsuit, plurally, polyuria, pulpally, pupilary, subphyla, superlay, unplayed, upwardly.

 

+4 letters: ampullary, eucalypti, eucalypts, outplayed, painfully, paramylum, parlously, patchouly, petulancy, piquantly, plausibly, playfully, playhouse, playsuits, plurality, polyurias, popularly, prayerful, pulmonary, pupillary, quadruply, reputably, superably, underplay, unhappily, unshapely, untypical.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Quotations: Familiar
6. Quotations: Historic
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Translations: Ancient
11. Bible Trace
12. Derivations
13. Anagrams
14. Bibliography


  

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