LAY UP


Meaning of LAY UP in English

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

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