(UK) A paved area at the side of a highway designated for drivers to stop in, for emergency parking, or where vehicles can wait, with larger lay-bys possibly having facilities like food vendors or public telephones.

Alternative form of lay-by

To put away for future use; save; to build up as savings. / (nautical) (of a sailing vessel) To remain stationary while heading into the wind; to come to a standstill; heave to; lay to.

simple past tense of lie by

(colloquial) To beat up or launch an attack against. / (colloquial) To berate; to scold.

(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of lay

(transitive, idiomatic) to provide (food or drinks) for free / To provide / (transitive) To apply or implement (something). / (transitive, idiomatic) To repeatedly say (particular types of thing)

(transitive) To put (something) aside for future use. / (transitive, art) To add (something) to a painting, especially directly onto the blank canvas in the early stages of the work.

A river in western France. / A surname.

(nautical) To turn towards the wind so that the boat stops; to remain stationary in open water or to lie to. / To try or to expend effort to achieve (something).