English-German translations for lay up

Definition of lay up

• To store; to put by
• To disable or incapacitate; to confine to bed
• To take out of active service
• To go out of active service
• To make a layup with (a basketball
• Deliberately to leave the ball further than necessary from the hole, so as to secure an easier succeeding shot

Examples

• We must lay up enough stores to get us through the winter.
• He was laid up for six weeks with pneumonia.
• The battleship is presently laid up in Portsmouth Harbour.
• The cruise ship lays up in November for the winter.
• He takes the pass, he drives, he lays it up and in.
• Rather than try to reach the green, he chose to lay up.

Related words

• lay upon
• play up
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• playgroup
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• lay-up molding
• lay-up moulding
• quadruple play