lay up - Longman Dictionary

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlay up phrasal verb1 be laid up (with something)ILL to have to stay in bed because you are ill or injured I ... layupFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishlayupphrasalverb1belaidup(withsomething)ILLtohavetostayinbedbecauseyouareillorinjured  Iwaslaidupforaweekwithflu.2tostopusingaboatorvehicle,especiallywhileitisbeingrepairedlaysomething↔up  Mostoftheyachtswerelaidupforthewinter.3laysomething↔upold-fashionedKEEP/STOREtocollectandstoresomethingtouseinthefuture  Westartedlayingupfirewoodforthewinter.→lay→SeeVerbtableExamplesfromtheCorpusbelaidup(withsomething)•ShehadnevergotusedtothehourssinceJohnhadbeenmaderedundantwhenalltheshipswerelaidup.•Largenumbersofnuclear-poweredsubmarinesarelaidupataharbournearMurmansk.•Itwas,andVenturouswaslaidupatBuckiefornearlytenmonthswhilenewCumminsengineswerefitted.•Howmuchlandmustyoucommittoarablerotation,andhowmuchmustbelaidupforhayorsilage?•AllwassafelygatheredinandMrandMrsSquirrelNutkin'shoardwaslaidupforwinter'ssustenance.•Thebarges,designedtobesailedbyonemanandaboy,couldbelaidupinafewdays.•InthosedaysallthecutterswerelaiduponthetrotpilesintheriverHambleduringthewintermonths.•Idon'tknowhowlongIshallbelaidupwiththiswretchedankle.Relatedtopics:Othersportslay-upˈlay-upnoun[countable]    DSOathrowinbasketballmadefromveryclosetothebasketorfromunderitExamplesfromtheCorpuslay-up•With58secondsleft,CameronDollarhitHendersonwithano-lookpassforalay-up.•First,HendersonforcedFowlkestomissalay-upbyslappingattheball.•Alay-up,itshouldbesaid,wasjargonforagamblethatwassuretosucceed. Exercises Exercises Vocabularyexerciseshelpyoutolearnsynonyms,collocationsandidioms. IntermediateandAdvancedlevelgrammarpracticewithprogresstests. Listeningandpronunciation,exampreparationandmore! Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics Clothes Tennis Physics Currencies Seealltopics Wordoftheday stressed soworriedandtiredthatyoucannotrelax VerbtablelayPresentI,you,we,theylayhe,she,itlays >ViewMore PastI,you,he,she,it,we,theylaidPresentperfectI,you,we,theyhavelaidhe,she,ithaslaidPastperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theyhadlaidFutureI,you,he,she,it,we,theywilllayFutureperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillhavelaid >ViewLess PresentIamlayinghe,she,itislaying >ViewMore you,we,theyarelayingPastI,he,she,itwaslayingyou,we,theywerelayingPresentperfectI,you,we,theyhavebeenlayinghe,she,ithasbeenlayingPastperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theyhadbeenlayingFutureI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillbelayingFutureperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillhavebeenlaying >ViewLess