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lay in

British  

verb

  1. (tr, adverb) to accumulate and store

    we must lay in food for the party
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lay in Idioms  

  1. 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.

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On a bridge next to the Kremlin on a drizzly Friday morning, a lone Russian police officer stood looking at the half-dozen bunches of flowers laying in memory of slain opposition figure Boris Nemtsov.

From Barron's

Elisha’s corpse lay in state for three days at Philadelphia’s Independence Hall.

From Literature

It lay in a strip from the foothills of the Ozark Mountains to the banks of the Illinois River in northeastern Oklahoma.

From Literature

I do not allow myself to lay in bed, because I know it is probably one of the most dangerous places for me to be mentally.

From The Wall Street Journal

Sunlight filtered through rustling leaves and lay in pools on the forest floor.

From Literature

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