Lay-up Definition

lāŭp
noun
A usually one-handed, banked shot made close to the basket after driving in.
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The act or an instance of laying up.
Budget cuts that forced the lay-up of several ships.
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(basketball) Alternative form of layup.

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verb

To store; to put by.

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To disable.

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To take out of active service.

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(intransitive) To go out of active service.
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(basketball) To make a layup with (a basketball)

He takes the pass, he drives, he lays it up and in.
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Lay-up Sentence Examples

  • We are to lay up our treasure in heaven.

  • In one case, while Uri was playing in a basketball game, he tripped while making a lay-up, broke his neck and died on the court.

  • This, however, is a consideration altogether alien to the Christian spirit, the aspiration of which is to lay up treasures not on earth but in heaven.

  • Gather and lay up in the fruit-room with care the autumnal sorts of apples and pears.

  • The route taken lay up the north-west side of Lake Michigan, up Green Bay and Fox river, across Lake Winnebago, over the portage to the Wisconsin river, and down the latter into the Mississippi, which was descended to within 700 m.

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Words Starting With

LLALAY

Words Ending With

PUP

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Words Starting With L and Ending With P

Starts With L & Ends With PStarts With LA & Ends With PStarts With L & Ends With UP

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With L6 Letter Words Ending With P