lay out

lay out
verb
1. lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line (Freq. 7)
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lay out the clothes

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lay out the arguments

• Syn: ↑range, ↑array, ↑set out
• Derivationally related forms: ↑array (for: ↑array)
• Hypernyms: ↑arrange, ↑set up
• Hyponyms: ↑compart
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s something PP

2. get ready for a particular purpose or event (Freq. 1)
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set up an experiment

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set the table

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lay out the tools for the surgery

• Syn: ↑set up, ↑set
• Derivationally related forms: ↑set (for: ↑set), ↑setting (for: ↑set)
• Hypernyms: ↑fix, ↑prepare, ↑set up, ↑ready, ↑gear up, ↑set
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

3. spend or invest
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lay out thousands on gold

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he laid out a fortune in the hope of making a huge profit

• Hypernyms: ↑spend, ↑expend, ↑drop
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

4. bring forward and present to the mind
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We presented the arguments to him

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We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason

• Syn: ↑present, ↑represent
• Derivationally related forms: ↑representation (for: ↑represent), ↑presentation (for: ↑present)
• Hypernyms: ↑state, ↑say, ↑tell
• Hyponyms: ↑argue, ↑reason, ↑indicate, ↑spin
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s something to somebody

5. provide a detailed plan or design
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She laid out her plans for the new house

• Derivationally related forms: ↑layout
• Hypernyms: ↑plan
• Hyponyms: ↑block out, ↑loft
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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lay out [phrasal verb]
1 lay (something) out or lay out (something)
1 a : to place (something) on a surface in a carefully arranged way

The wires were laid out along the floor.

Brochures were laid out on a table.

She was laying out the cheese and crackers for the guests.

1 b : to arrange (something) in a particular pattern or design

The garden was laid out in a formal pattern.

Much of Manhattan is laid out in the form of a grid.

— see also ↑layout
1 c : to plan the details of (something)

She's been hired to lay out [=map out] the election campaign.

The work for tomorrow is all laid out.

1 d : to explain the details of (something)

He laid out the reasons for his decision.

1 e informal : to spend (money)

The city laid out millions of dollars for the new stadium.

— see also ↑outlay
2 lay (someone's body) out or lay out (someone's body) : to prepare (someone's dead body) so that it can be seen by family and friends before it is buried

They laid him out in a plain coffin.

3 lay (someone) out or lay out (someone) informal : to make (someone) unconscious : to knock (someone) out

He laid his opponent out with a hard right to the jaw.

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Main Entry: ↑lay

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • Lay-out — Lay out,das:⇨Entwurf(1) …   Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme

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