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{
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{
"form": "lays up",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "laying up",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "laid up",
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"participle",
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]
},
{
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}
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},
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}
],
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"pos": "verb",
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{
"text": "We must lay up enough stores to get us through the winter.",
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}
],
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"To store; to put by."
],
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"(transitive) To store; to put by."
],
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},
{
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{
"text": "He was laid up for six weeks with pneumonia.",
"type": "example"
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],
"glosses": [
"To disable or incapacitate; to confine to bed."
],
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],
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],
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"(transitive) To disable or incapacitate; to confine to bed."
],
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},
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"examples": [
{
"text": "The battleship is presently laid up in Portsmouth Harbour.",
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"To take out of active service."
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"(transitive) To take out of active service."
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{
"text": "The cruise ship lays up in November for the winter.",
"type": "example"
}
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"glosses": [
"To go out of active service."
],
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"(intransitive) To go out of active service."
],
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"intransitive"
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"langcode": "en",
"name": "Basketball",
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}
],
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{
"text": "He takes the pass, he drives, he lays it up and in.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To make a layup with (a basketball)"
],
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[
"layup",
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"(transitive, basketball) To make a layup with (a basketball)"
],
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{
"text": "Rather than try to reach the green, he chose to lay up.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To deliberately leave the ball further than necessary from the hole, so as to secure an easier succeeding shot."
],
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"(intransitive, golf) To deliberately leave the ball further than necessary from the hole, so as to secure an easier succeeding shot."
],
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],
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}
],
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"English phrasal verbs",
"English phrasal verbs with particle (up)",
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{
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"present",
"singular",
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},
{
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"present"
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},
{
"form": "laid up",
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"participle",
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{
"text": "We must lay up enough stores to get us through the winter.",
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"To store; to put by."
],
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"store",
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"(transitive) To store; to put by."
],
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"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He was laid up for six weeks with pneumonia.",
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}
],
"glosses": [
"To disable or incapacitate; to confine to bed."
],
"links": [
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"disable",
"disable"
],
[
"incapacitate",
"incapacitate"
]
],
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"(transitive) To disable or incapacitate; to confine to bed."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
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"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The battleship is presently laid up in Portsmouth Harbour.",
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}
],
"glosses": [
"To take out of active service."
],
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"active",
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],
[
"service",
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]
],
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"(transitive) To take out of active service."
],
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"transitive"
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"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The cruise ship lays up in November for the winter.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To go out of active service."
],
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"(intransitive) To go out of active service."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
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"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs",
"en:Basketball"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He takes the pass, he drives, he lays it up and in.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make a layup with (a basketball)"
],
"links": [
[
"basketball",
"basketball"
],
[
"layup",
"layup"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, basketball) To make a layup with (a basketball)"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"ball-games",
"basketball",
"games",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
},
{
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"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with usage examples",
"en:Golf"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Rather than try to reach the green, he chose to lay up.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To deliberately leave the ball further than necessary from the hole, so as to secure an easier succeeding shot."
],
"links": [
[
"golf",
"golf"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, golf) To deliberately leave the ball further than necessary from the hole, so as to secure an easier succeeding shot."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"topics": [
"golf",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
}
],
"word": "lay up"
}
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