transitive verb
1. : to save or put by for future use : store up : lay away : hoard , accumulate , save
lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth — Mt. 6:19 (Authorized Version)
2.
a. obsolete : imprison
b. : to disable or confine with illness or injury
laid up with a bad knee
3. : to take (as a ship) out of active service
when you lay the yacht up it is best to remove the motor — Peter Heaton
4.
a. : to leave (a field) in a specified condition
laid up for pasture
b. : to reserve (a field) for a crop
5.
a. : to set (as stones, bricks) one on top of another (as in a wall)
b. : to construct (as a wall) by laying bricks or stones
the front was laid up in ashlar
c. : to spread (cloth) in a pile of many layers — compare lay 5b
d. : to assemble (layers of veneer or cores) after application of the glue or adhesive in preparation for pressing and bonding plywood
6. : to drive (a horse) in a heat of a trotting race so as neither to win nor to be distanced
7. : to form (a hot rivet that is in position) by striking several hard blows
intransitive verb
1. : to lie up
2. : to shape the course of a ship
time to lay up for home