lays up

Verb

lay up (third-person singular simple present lays up, present participle laying up, simple past and past participle laid up)

1. (transitive) To store; to put by.
   • We must lay up enough stores to get us through the winter.
2. (transitive) To disable or incapacitate; to confine to bed.
   • He was laid up for six weeks with pneumonia.
3. (intransitive) To recuperate or rest; to remain in a place.
   • He laid up until recovering from his illness.
4. (transitive) To take out of active service.
   • The battleship is presently laid up in Portsmouth Harbour.
5. (intransitive) To go out of active service.
   • The cruise ship lays up in November for the winter.
6. (transitive) To make a layup with (a basketball)
   • He takes the pass, he drives, he lays it up and in.

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