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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; ... show more

Roget 626: plan, scheme, design, frame, contrive, project, forecast, sketch; devise, invent etc. (imagine) 515; set one's wits to work ... show more

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], ... show more

Roget 213: be horizontal etc. adj.; lie, recline, couch; lie down, lie flat, lie prostrate; sprawl, loll, sit down.    render horizontal etc. ... show more

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

Spend or invest.

4 lay out

Bring forward and present to the mind.

synonyms: present, represent.

5 lay out

Provide a detailed plan or design.


Moby thesaurus: KO, align, anesthetize, arrange, array, bedaze, benumb, besot, blast, block out, blot out, blow down, blow over, blueprint, blunt, bowl down, bowl over, bring down, budget, bulldog ... show more.

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