lay by

biriktirmek, kenara koymak

Daha sonra kullanmak için para veya malzeme biriktirip saklamak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To keep money or supplies so you can use them later.

• We lay by a little money monthly.
• He laid by enough food for winter.
• Have you laid anything by for retirement?

Nasıl kullanılır: lay something by (She laid some money by for winter.)

Eş anlamlılar: save, set aside, put away

Zıt anlamlılar: spend

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: lay by money, lay by supplies

rüzgâra karşı durmak

Bir yelkenliyi burnu rüzgâra dönük halde neredeyse hareketsiz tutmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To keep a sailing boat nearly still with its front pointing into the wind.

• The ship laid by.
• We laid by until the storm passed.
• The captain ordered the vessel to lay by.

Eş anlamlılar: heave to

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: lay by offshore, lay by overnight

son kez çapalamak

Ekinin büyümesine bırakılmasından önce çevresindeki toprağı son kez çapalamak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To work the soil around a crop for the last time before leaving it to grow.

• We lay by the corn today.
• They laid by the cotton last week.
• The crop grew undisturbed after the farmers laid it by.

Nasıl kullanılır: lay a crop by (The farmer laid the corn by in June.)

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: lay by corn, lay by cotton