lie up
verb
lay up; lain up; lying up; lies up
intransitive verb
1
: to go into or remain in a dock
2
: to stay in bed or at rest
Word History
First Known Use
1699, in the meaning defined at sense 1
lay up
verb
as in to store
to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place an eating disorder that would impel her to lay up candy bars in her closet for all-night food binges Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- store
- lay in
- stash
- lay by
- hoard
- put by
- accumulate
- lay away
- set aside
- stow
- treasure
- stockpile
- collect
- save
- acquire
- conserve
- cache
- keep
- salt away
- preserve
- deposit
- pile
- round up
- gather
- stack
- squirrel (away)
- assemble
- set by
- pick up
- retain
- garner
- reserve
- amass
- stock
- concentrate
- husband
- bury
- bank
- heap
- scrape (together)
- hold
- conceal
- withhold
- coffer
- secrete
- ensconce
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- throw out
- throw away
- cast
- ditch
- dump
- unload
- discard
- fling (off or away)
- hand out
- consume
- hand over
- waste
- jettison
- use up
- spend
- relinquish
- squander
- surrender
- blow
- lavish
- dissipate
- expend
- exhaust
- deplete
- run through
- dispel
- impoverish
- disperse
- dissipate
- scatter
- misspend
- fritter (away)