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lay out
verb
1 lay out
Lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line:
— Lay out the clothes.
— Lay out the arguments.
synonyms: array, range, set out.
Roget 363:
inter,
bury;
lay in the grave,
consign to the grave,
lay in the tomb,
entomb,
in tomb;
inhume;
lay out,
perform a funeral,
embalm,
mummify;
toll the knell;
put to bed with a shovel;
inurn†.
exhume,
disinter,
unearth.
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Roget 626:
plan,
scheme,
design,
frame,
contrive,
project,
forecast,
sketch;
devise,
invent
etc.
(imagine)
515;
set one's wits to work
etc.
515;
spring a project;
fall upon,
hit upon;
strike out,
chalk out,
cut out,
lay out,
map out;
lay down a plan;
shape out a course,
mark out a course;
predetermine
etc.
611;
concert,
preconcert,
preestablish;
prepare
etc.
673;
hatch,
hatch a plot concoct;
take steps,
take measures.
cast,
recast,
systematize,
organize;
arrange
etc.
60;
digest,
mature.
plot;
counter-plot,
counter-mine;
dig a mine;
lay a train;
intrigue
etc.
(cunning)
702.
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Roget 809:
expend,
spend;
run through,
get through;
pay,
disburse;
ante,
ante up;
pony up [U.S.];
open the purse strings,
loose the purse strings,
untie the purse strings;
lay out,
shell out [Slang],
fork out [Slang],
fork over;
bleed;
make up a sum,
invest,
sink money.
run up debts,
run up bills
(debt)
806.
fee
etc.
(reward)
973;
pay one's way
etc.
(pay)
807;
subscribe
etc.
(give)
784;
subsidize.
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Roget 213:
be horizontal
etc.
adj.;
lie,
recline,
couch;
lie down,
lie flat,
lie prostrate;
sprawl,
loll,
sit down.
render horizontal
etc.
adj.;
lay down,
lay out;
level,
flatten;
prostrate,
knock down,
floor,
fell.
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Dutch: opbaren
2 lay out
Get ready for a particular purpose or event:
— Lay out the tools for the surgery.
synonyms: set, set up.
Dutch: inrichten, toebereiden
3 lay out
4 lay out
5 lay out
Provide a detailed plan or design.
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