Wiktionary
vb. To lay by, to save
WordNet
v. keep or lay aside for future use; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat" [syn: store, hive away, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away]
Usage examples of "lay in".
Their destination lay in the large chamber where people were standing in groups, chatting brightly to each other as people do when passing time.
The Sauchiehall Street murder, and old James Fleming taking in the milk while the servant's corpse lay in the back room.
So, before the attacking force arrived, they burrowed like the animals they are into the ground and lay in wait.
But I wanted to see her, to touch her hand - as only a lonely man can crave it, I wanted the comfort of her, the peace that lay in her presence.
I remember kicking savagely at a bit of water-soaked board that lay in my way.
Since they could not account for this by cold, they concluded that the most probable explanation lay in the tremendous hurricanes that, produced by the planet's rapid rotation, frequently swept along its surface, like the earth's trade-winds, but with far more violence.
But if it lay in the other direction, where there was a lighter concentration of rescue workers, then my assistance might save his life.
As yet the town lay in profound sleep, although near the gate windows were opening and heads were being put out to ascertain the cause of the din.
The roof had fallen in, however, and all the plate glass lay in glittery pieces.
Maybe part of it lay in the way the Polish farmers went about their work.
He knew what hidden strength lay in that fragile form, and whipped out the disruptor while he was still several meters from T'Shael, his lizard eyes promising her no quarter if she resisted.
The Human lay in the bed close beneath the roof and listened to the night wind that blew itself a lullaby along the eaves and shingles.
The remains of the heavy chain that had guarded the door, and the bolt-cutter that had cut it, lay in the mud.
Soon he would feel them grow, feeding on him for nourishment, until it was time to burst forth as they had done from the young womans shoulder, as they had done with all their hosts, living or dead, who lay in the cavern entangled in the web of the purple spiders.
As far as they could tell, they could have been in deepest, darkest interstellar space, and so they felt no concern at all when they were commanded to bring the pinnace's wedge up while it still lay in its docking buffers.