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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 "A jack of all trades is master of none." (English proverb) "Everyone who is successful must have dreamed of something." (Native American proverb, Maricopa) "Covering one's own ears while stealing a bell." (Chinese proverb) "The grass is always greener on the other side." (Danish proverb) Useful links: Meaning of hive Meaning of victual Meaning of amass Pronunciation of pile up Meaning of collect
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