laying up Synonyms
Strongest:
- consuming
- throwing-out
- handing-out
- dumping
- flinging-off-or-away-
- using-up
- wasting
- ditching
- unloading
- handing-over
- running-through
- throwing-away
- casting
- discarding
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laying up Meaning
laying up
the action of laying up or the condition of being laid up, to store up, a basketball shot made from near the basket usually by bouncing the ball off the backboard, a shot in basketball made from near the basket usually by playing the ball off the backboard, to disable or confine with illness or injury, to take out of active service
laying up Sentence Examples
- The crew was tasked with laying up the ship in dry dock for the winter.
- The injured animal was quietly laying up in its den, tending to its wounds.
- The farmer spent the day laying up hay for winter feed.
- The sailor walked toward the boat that lay laying up at the pier.
- She was laying up treasures in heaven that would last forever.
- The stock market was laying up record profits for investors.
- The athlete spent her free time laying up shots in practice.
- The leaves were laying up acorns for the coming winter.
- The city was laying up funds for a new park.
- The hiker was laying up supplies for his long trek.
FAQs About the word laying up
the action of laying up or the condition of being laid up, to store up, a basketball shot made from near the basket usually by bouncing the ball off the backboa
storing, laying in, stashing, laying by, setting aside, salting away, acquiring, hoarding, accumulating, conserving
consuming, throwing out, handing out, dumping, flinging (off or away), using up, wasting, ditching, unloading, handing over
The crew was tasked with laying up the ship in dry dock for the winter.
The injured animal was quietly laying up in its den, tending to its wounds.
The farmer spent the day laying up hay for winter feed.
The sailor walked toward the boat that lay laying up at the pier.
