lay-by
1 of 2noun
ˈlā-ˌbī 
1
British : turnout sense 2b
2
: the final operation (such as a last cultivating) in the growing of a field crop
lay by
2 of 2verb
laid by; laying by; lays by
transitive verb
1
: to lay aside : discard
2
: to store for future use : save
3
: to cultivate (a crop, such as corn) for the last time
Synonyms
Verb
- cashier
- cast (off)
- chuck
- deep-six
- discard
- ditch
- dump
- eighty-six
- 86
- exorcise
- exorcize
- fling (off or away)
- jettison
- junk
- lose
- pitch
- reject
- scrap
- shed
- shuck (off)
- slough (off)
- sluff (off)
- throw away
- throw out
- toss
- unload
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Example Sentences
Verb a politician who had laid by his principles years ago ever since the last hurricane caught them unprepared, they have laid by emergency supplies
Word History
First Known Use
Noun
1939, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
lays by
verb
1
as in dumps
to get rid of as useless or unwanted a politician who had laid by his principles years ago Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- dumps
- ditches
- discards
- unloads
- loses
- throws away
- throws out
- sets aside
- exorcizes
- scraps
- sheds
- disposes of
- sluffs (off)
- rejects
- casts (off)
- tosses
- abandons
- deep-sixes
- exorcises
- chucks
- sloughs (off)
- removes
- junks
- flings (off or away)
- jettisons
- 86es
- eighty-sixes
- kicks out
- cashiers
- eliminates
- shucks (off)
- dismisses
- wipes out
- pitches
- deserts
- abdicates
- forsakes
- abolishes
- eradicates
- extirpates
- expunges
- exterminates
- annihilates
- extinguishes
- liquidates
- stamps (out)
- roots (out)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- takes on
- uses
- adopts
- embraces
- employs
- utilizes
- holds
- keeps
- holds back
- retains
2
as in stores
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
- stores
- stashes
- lays in
- lays up
- hoards
- lays away
- accumulates
- puts by
- sets aside
- stockpiles
- treasures
- stows
- deposits
- caches
- acquires
- collects
- conserves
- saves
- preserves
- piles
- keeps
- salts away
- stacks
- rounds up
- gathers
- squirrels (away)
- sets by
- assembles
- retains
- picks up
- reserves
- garners
- amasses
- stocks
- concentrates
- husbands
- heaps
- scrapes (together)
- banks
- holds
- conceals
- coffers
- buries
- withholds
- secretes
- ensconces
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- throws out
- throws away
- casts
- flings (off or away)
- ditches
- dumps
- consumes
- discards
- unloads
- wastes
- spends
- hands out
- runs through
- hands over
- relinquishes
- uses up
- blows
- squanders
- jettisons
- dissipates
- surrenders
- misspends
- exhausts
- expends
- depletes
- dissipates
- fritters (away)
- impoverishes
- dispels
- disperses
- scatters
- lavishes
- interfamily
- interfascicular cambium
- interfelted
- interfenestral
- interfenestration
- interferant
- interfere
- interfere (with)
- lightproof
- lightproofer
- lightproofest
- lightprooffer
- lightprooffest
- lightroom
- lights
- lights (on or upon)
- lights (up)
- lights (upon)
- lights into
- lights on or upon
- lights out
- lights up
- lights upon
- lights within
- lights-of-love