lay in

verb

1. tr, adverb to accumulate and store

   we must lay in food for the party

Idioms and Phrases

Also, lay up . Stock or store for future use, as in We laid in supplies for the winter , or Are you sure you've laid up enough material? The first term dates from the late 1500s, the second from about 1400. Also see lay aside , def. 2; lay down , def. 4.

Example Sentences

Poor Clementina, and the lady An hour before marriage, both privately lay-in and miscarried.

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He was taken all over the country and "lay-in-state," as it is called, in different court houses in different states.

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Because a fool of a woman lay-in with a dead child, must toads be suppressed in nature?

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He left her pregnant as well as his wife, both of whom lay-in after his decease.

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Related Words

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