LAY IN

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does lay in mean? 

• LAY IN (verb)
  The verb LAY IN has 1 sense:

1. keep or lay aside for future use

  Familiarity information: LAY IN used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAY IN (verb)

Meaning:

Keep or lay aside for future use

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

hive away; lay in; salt away; stack away; stash away; store; put in

Context examples:

store grain for the winter / The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat

Hypernyms (to "lay in" is one way to...):

hold on; keep (retain possession of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lay in"):

bin (store in bins)

computerise; computerize (store in a computer)

victual (lay in provisions)

accumulate; amass; collect; compile; hoard; pile up; roll up (get or gather together)

hive (store, like bees)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something