lie by
verb
lay by; lain by; lying by; lies by
intransitive verb
: to remain inactive : rest
Word History
First Known Use
1613, in the meaning defined above
lay by
verb
1
as in to dump
to get rid of as useless or unwanted a politician who had laid by his principles years ago Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- dump
- ditch
- discard
- unload
- lose
- throw away
- set aside
- scrap
- throw out
- abandon
- shed
- dispose of
- toss
- reject
- slough (off)
- chuck
- junk
- remove
- sluff (off)
- exorcise
- jettison
- cashier
- eliminate
- shuck (off)
- fling (off or away)
- kick out
- exorcize
- wipe out
- pitch
- dismiss
- cast (off)
- desert
- deep-six
- forsake
- eighty-six
- abdicate
- 86
- abolish
- eradicate
- exterminate
- expunge
- liquidate
- extirpate
- extinguish
- annihilate
- stamp (out)
- root (out)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- take on
- use
- adopt
- embrace
- employ
- utilize
- keep
- hold
- retain
- hold back
2
as in to store
to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place ever since the last hurricane caught them unprepared, they have laid by emergency supplies Synonyms & Similar Words
- store
- lay in
- stash
- lay up
- 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)