lay up
lay
leÉĒ
lei
up
ƌp
ap
/lˈeÉĒ ËˆĘŒp/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "lay up"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŦāĻŋāĻ›āĻžāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻļ⧁āχāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ›āĻžāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(of an illness or injury) to confine someone to bed
to lay up definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Severe flu symptoms laid her up, forcing her to take time off work and rest at home.
āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ āĻĢā§āϞ⧁āϰ āϞāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ›āĻžāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻļ⧁āχāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϞ⧇ āφāĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻāĻ• āĻšāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻŦā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻĄā§‡ āφāϞāϤ⧋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āχ āĻĒāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧋āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(in basketball) to score two points by gently placing the ball off the backboard with one hand
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The young player laid the ball up softly to avoid getting blocked.
āϤāϰ⧁āĻŖ āϖ⧇āϞ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϞāĻ• āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āύāϰāĻŽāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϟāĻŋ āϞ⧇ āφāĻĒ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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āϜāĻŽāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻžā§āϚāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to accumulate something for future use
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
My grandparents always laid up food and supplies in case of a blizzard.
āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻĻāĻž-āĻĻāĻžāĻĻā§€ āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤ⧁āώāĻžāϰāĻāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ–āĻžāĻĻā§āϝ āĻ“ āϏāϰāĻŦāϰāĻžāĻš āϜāĻŽāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āϜāĻŽāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to create future problems for oneself
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
My friend is laying problems up for themselves by spending more money than they earn.
āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁ āϝ⧇ āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āωāĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻ–āϰāϚ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϜāĻŽāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĨ¤
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āϏāĻ‚āϰāĻ•ā§āώāϪ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to deactivate a ship or vehicle for storage or repair
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The oil tanker was laid up for repairs after it collided with another ship.
āϤ⧇āϞ āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āϘāĻ°ā§āώ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻŽā§‡āϰāĻžāĻŽāϤ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ