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Princeton's WordNet

  1. lay-up, layupverb

    a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard)

  2. lay upverb

    disable or confine, as with an illness

    "She was laid up with pneumonia for six weeks"

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  1. lay-up

    A lay-up is a basketball shot that is made by rebounding the ball off the backboard and into the basket, usually executed while moving towards the basket. Players typically use one hand to perform the lay-up, and it's considered one of the most fundamental shots in basketball. The term 'lay-up' can also refer to a technique in composite material construction, particularly for glass-reinforced plastics, where layers of material are built up to form a structure or part.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of lay-up in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of lay-up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of lay-up in a Sentence

  1. Phil Shearer:

    This is the busiest I have seen the lay-up industry for a long time, probably since at least 1993, 1993 was bad, but the container and bulk markets were not also down.

  2. Hesiod:

    If thou shouldst lay up even a little upon a little, and shouldst do this often, soon would even this become great.

  3. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

    We take care of our health, we lay up money, we make our roof tight and our clothing sufficient, but who provides wisely that he shall not be wanting the best property of all -- friends?

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