Lay up definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

Lay up definition: If someone is laid up with an illness, the illness makes it necessary for them to stay in... | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Definitionof 'layup'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× layup phrasalverb[usuallypassive] Ifsomeoneislaidupwithanillness,theillnessmakesitnecessaryforthemtostayinbed. [informal]Iwaslaidupinbedwithacuterheumatism.[beVERB-edPARTICLE+with] Powellrupturedadiscinhisbackandwaslaidupforayear.[beVERB-edPARTICLE] MoreSynonymsoflayupSeefulldictionaryentryforlayCOBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'layup' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'NewYearresolution' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency layupinBritishEnglish verb(tr,adverb)1. tostoreorreserveforfutureuse 2. (usuallypassive)informal toincapacitateorconfinethroughillness CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers WordFrequency layupinAmericanEnglish 1.  tostoreforfutureuse;hoard 2.  todisable;confinetobedorthesickroom laidupwiththeflu 3.  totake(aship)outofoperation,asbyputtingintoadrydockforrepairs SeefulldictionaryentryforlayWebster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. Examplesof'layup'inasentence layup Theseexampleshavebeenautomaticallyselectedandmaycontainsensitivecontent.Readmore… Mighthavetolayupwithyouforafewdaystillthingscooloff.Terman,DouglasCORMORANT Trendsof layup Viewusagefor: AllYears Last10years Last50years Last100years Last300years Browsealphabetically layup laytheghostofsomething layto laytorest layup layvicar laywaste laywaste(to) AllENGLISHwordsthatbeginwith'L' Relatedtermsof layup lieup Source DefinitionoflayupfromtheCollinsEnglishDictionary ReadabouttheteamofauthorsbehindCollinsDictionaries. NewfromCollins QuickwordchallengeQuizReviewQuestion:1 - Score:0/5 ashamed or embarrassed?Dragthecorrectanswerintothebox. ashamed embarrassedIwas ofmyselfforgettingsoangry.chef or chief?Dragthecorrectanswerintothebox. chief chefIspoketothe ofUKoperations.classic or classical?Dragthecorrectanswerintothebox. classical classicHeisanaccomplished pianist.great or large?Dragthecorrectanswerintothebox. large greatShemadeavery amountofmoney.arrived or reached?Whichversioniscorrect?Iarrivedatthehotelyesterday.Ireachedatthehotelyesterday.Yourscore:CheckSeetheanswerNextNextquizReview Dec31,2021 Wordoftheday NewYearresolution apromisetoyourselfordecisiontodosomething,esptoimproveone'sbehaviourorlifestyleinsomeway,duringtheyearahead SEEFULLDEFINITION SEEPREVIOUSWORDS Signupforournewsletter Getthelatestnewsandgainaccesstoexclusiveupdatesandoffers Signmeup LatestWordSubmissions volumetricvideo Dec22,2021 spaceweathering Dec22,2021 gatekeep Dec22,2021 screamo Dec22,2021 ViewMoreSubmit NewYear,FreshStart?TheVocabularyofWellbeing WiththeNewYearfastapproaching,CollinsDictionarylooksintowordsrelatingtowell-beingandself-care. Readmore ChristmasorYule:thelexiconoftheholidayseason CollinsDictionarylooksatChristmas/AdventandYulewords,theoriginofbothseasonaltraditionsandtheirlexicon. Readmore Omicron:Whatisit? InMay2021,theWorldHealthOrganisation(WHO)announcedthatCOVID-19variantswouldbelabelledusinglettersoftheGreekalphabet.Whyisthatanyway? Readmore CollinsEnglishDictionaryApps DownloadourEnglishDictionaryapps-availableforbothiOSandAndroid. Readmore CollinsDictionariesforSchools Ournewonlinedictionariesforschoolsprovideasafeandappropriateenvironmentforchildren.Andbestofallit'sadfree,sosignupnowandstartusingathomeorintheclassroom. Readmore Wordlists Wehavealmost200listsofwordsfromtopicsasvariedastypesofbutterflies,jackets,currencies,vegetablesandknots! Amazeyourfriendswithyournew-foundknowledge! Readmore JointheCollinscommunity Allthelatestwordynews,linguisticinsights,offersandcompetitionseverymonth. Readmore QuickwordchallengeQuizReviewQuestion:1 - Score:0/5 boy or buoy?Whichversioniscorrect?Iknewhimwhenhewasalittleboy.Iknewhimwhenhewasalittlebuoy.stair or stare?Dragthecorrectanswerintothebox. stare stairJuliegavehimalong,cold .troop or troupe?Dragthecorrectanswerintothebox. troupe troopShewilllearntodancewiththe .leant or lent?Whichversioniscorrect?Ileantthebooktomybrotherforacoupleofweeks.Ilentthebooktomybrotherforacoupleofweeks.dew or due?Whichversioniscorrect?Thedewgatheredontheleaves.Theduegatheredontheleaves.Yourscore:CheckSeetheanswerNextNextquizReview CreateanaccountandsignintoaccessthisFREEcontent Registernoworlogintoaccess LANGUAGE English EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists French EnglishtoFrench FrenchtoEnglish Grammar Conjugations Quiz German EnglishtoGerman GermantoEnglish Grammar Conjugations Quiz Italian EnglishtoItalian ItaliantoEnglish Grammar Conjugations Quiz Spanish EnglishtoSpanish SpanishtoEnglish Grammar Conjugations Quiz Portuguese EnglishtoPortuguese PortuguesetoEnglish Conjugations Hindi EnglishtoHindi HinditoEnglish Chinese EnglishtoChinese ChinesetoEnglish Quiz Korean EnglishtoKorean KoreantoEnglish TRANSLATOR GAMES Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists Frenchgrammar Germangrammar Italiangrammar MandarinChinesecharacters Spanishgrammar Scrabble ScrabbleHome Wordchecker Help Tools SCHOOLS HomeSchool PrimarySchool SecondarySchool BLOG RESOURCES Resources CollinsWordoftheDay PaulNobleMethod VideoPronunciations WordoftheYear