
A stroke played with a shorter range club than is possible in order to position the ball in a certain spot. This may be done to ensure a more comfortable next stroke or to avoid a hazard.
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Temporary cessation of trading of a ship by a shipowner during a period when there is a surplus of ships in relation to the level of available cargoes. This surplus, known as over-tonnaging, has the effect of depressing freight rates to the extent that some shipowners no longer find it economical to trade their ship, preferring to lay them up until...
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A single or double track where trains are parked during off-peak hours. Both tunnel and elevated lay-ups exist.
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When a golfer opts to go for a shorter hit, to avoid a hazard or position the ball in a specific spot inspite of having the skill and capacity to hit full swing, it is a lay up.
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To prepare a boat for temporary decommissioning.
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To play a shorter shot than normally might be attempted. Would be done to achieve a good lie short of a hazard rather than trying to hit the green in one less shot.
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to rest a boat ashore
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Temporary cessation of trading of a ship by a shipowner during a period when there is a surplus of ships in relation to the level of available cargoes. This surplus, known as overtonnaging, has the effect of depressing freight rates to the extent that some shipowners no long find it economical to trade their ship, preferring to lay them up until th...
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A field goal attempt made by below, laying the ball up near the basket, and using one hand to tip the ball over the rim and into the basket (layin) or to bank it off the backboard and into the basket (layup).
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[
v] - disable or confine, as with an illness
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[
n] - a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard)
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a resin-impregnated reinforcement in the mould, prior to polymerisation
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A shot from very close range, usually as a player dribbles directly to the basket.
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verb disable or confine, as with an illness; `She was laid up with pneumonia for six weeks`
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layup noun a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard)
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a shot taken close to the basket that is usually banked off the backboard and into the basket
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