lay up [ley-uhp]
Main Entry:
lay up [ley-uhp]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hurt, incapacitate
Synonyms: beat up, confine, disable, harm, hospitalize, injure
Antonyms: heal, help
Main Entry: amass
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: gather, accumulate
Synonyms: aggregate, assemble, clean up, collect, compile, corral*, garner, heap*, hoard, lay up, make a killing, make a pile, pile, round up, scare up, stockpile, store
Antonyms: disburse, disperse, dissipate, divide, dole, scatter, spend
Main Entry: garner
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: collect, accumulate
Synonyms: amass, assemble, cull, cumulate, deposit, extract, gather, glean, harvest, hive, hoard, lay in, lay up, pick up, put by, reap, reserve, roll up, save, stockpile, store, stow away, treasure
Notes: garner means to amass or acquire or reap; gather means to assemble or get together
Antonyms: disperse, dissipate, divide, separate, spread
Main Entry: hoard
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: put away, accumulate
Synonyms: acquire, amass, buy up, cache, collect, deposit, garner, gather, hide, keep, lay away, lay up, pile up, put aside for rainy day, put by, save, scrimp, sock away, squirrel, stash, stockpile, store, stow away, treasure
Antonyms: expend, spend, squander, throw away, waste
Main Entry: incapacitate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: put out of action
Synonyms: clip wings, cripple, damage, disable, disarm, disenable, disqualify, hamstring, hinder, hog-tie, hurt, immobilize, lame, lay up, maim, paralyze, prostrate, put out of commission, take out, undermine, weaken
Antonyms: allow, facilitate, mobilize, permit
Main Entry: obtain
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: get, acquire
Synonyms: access, accomplish, achieve, annex, attain, beg borrow or steal, capture, chalk up, collect, come by, compass, cop, corral, drum up, earn, effect, fetch, gain, gather, get at, get hold of, get one's hands on, glean, gobble up, grab, have, hoard, inherit, invade, lay up, make use of, nab, occupy, pick up, pocket, procure, purchase, reach, realize, reap, receive, recover, retrieve, salvage, save, score, scrape together, scrape up, secure, seize, snag, take, wangle, win
Antonyms: forfeit, forsake, lose, sacrifice
Main Entry: reserve
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: keep, hold back
Synonyms: conserve, defer, delay, duck*, have, hoard, hold, keep back, keep out, lay up, maintain, plant, possess, postpone, preserve, put away, put by, put off, retain, save, set aside, squirrel, squirrel away, stash, stockpile, store, store up, stow away, withhold
Antonyms: distribute, give, let go, offer
Main Entry: store
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: collect and put aside
Synonyms: accumulate, amass, bank, bin, bottle, bury, cache, can, cumulate, deposit, freeze, garner, hide, hive, hoard, hutch, keep, keep in reserve, lay away, lay up, lock away, lock up, mothball, pack, pack away, park, plant, put, put away, put by, put in storage, reserve, roll up, salt away, save, save for rainy day, sock away, squirrel, stash, stock, stockpile, treasure, victual, warehouse
Antonyms: squander, use, waste
Main Entry: upset
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bother, trouble
Synonyms: adjy, afflict, agitate, ail, bewilder, bug*, confound, cramp, craze, debilitate, derange, discombobulate, discompose, disconcert, dismay, disquiet, distract, distress, disturb, egg on, fire up, flip out, flip*, floor*, flurry, fluster, get to, give a hard time, grieve, incapacitate, indispose, key up, lay up, make a scene, make waves, perturb, pick on, pother, psych, rattle, rock the boat, ruffle, sicken, spook, stir up, throw off balance, turn, turn on, unhinge, unnerve, unsettle
Antonyms: delight, make happy, please
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