uplay

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/ʌpˈleɪ/

verb

To lay up; hoard.

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Meanings

verbuplay (third-person singular simple present uplays, present participle uplaying, simple past and past participle uplaid)

present singular third person uplays · participle present uplaying · participle past uplaid · past uplaid

  1. raretransitiveTo lay up; hoard.

    Or as though the least of His pains, deeds, or words, Would busy a life, she all this day affords; This treasure then, in gross, my soul uplay, And in my life retail it every day.

    1608, John Donne, Upon the Annunciation and Passion Falling upon One Day

Origin

From up- + lay.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with uplay

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Anagrams

layupPauly
Cite this entry
APA

uplay. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uplay

MLA

“uplay.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uplay. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uplay,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uplay.

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