'lay out' definitions:
Definition of 'lay out'
(from WordNet)
verb
Lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line; "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments" [syn: range, array, lay out, set out]
verb
Get ready for a particular purpose or event; "set up an experiment"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the surgery" [syn: set up, lay out, set]
verb
Spend or invest; "lay out thousands on gold"; "he laid out a fortune in the hope of making a huge profit"
verb
Bring forward and present to the mind; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason" [syn: present, represent, lay out]
verb
Provide a detailed plan or design; "She laid out her plans for the new house"
Synonyms of 'lay out'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- bump off,
- carve,
- cast,
- cast down,
- chart,
- chisel,
- chloroform,
- chop down,
- coldcock,
- cool off,
- cost,
- cost out,
- create,
- croak,
- cut,
- cut down,
- dash down,
- deaden,
- deck,
- deploy,
- desensitize,
- diagram,
- disburse,
- dispose,
- do in,
- dope,
- down,
- drop,
- drug,
- dull,
- efform,
- embalm,
- equalize,
- erase,
- etherize,
- even,
- expend,
- fashion,
- fell,
- fetch down,
- figure,
- fix,
- flatten,
- floor,
- flush,
- forge,
- fork out,
- form,
- formalize,
- found,
- frame,
- freeze,
- get,
- give the business,
- go through,
- grade,
- graph,
- ground,
- gun down,
- harmonize,
- hew,
- hew down,
- hierarchize,
- hit,
- ice,
- incur costs,
- invest,
- kayo,
- knead,
- knock down,
- knock out,
- knock senseless,
- knock stiff,
- knock unconscious,
- KO,
- lay,
- lay down,
- lay flat,
- lay level,
- lay low,
- lay off,
- level,
- lick into shape,
- lie in state,
- line up,
- map,
- map out,
- mark off,
- mark out,
- marshal,
- measure off,
- measure out,
- methodize,
- mint,
- model,
- mold,
- mow down,
- mummify,
- narcotize,
- normalize,
- numb,
- obtund,
- off,
- open the purse,
- order,
- organize,
- outlay,
- pace off,
- pacify,
- palsy,
- paralyze,
- pay,
- pay out,
- plan,
- plot,
- plot out,
- polish off,
- precipitate,
- prostrate,
- pull down,
- put out,
- put to sleep,
- quiet,
- rank,
- rase,
- raze,
- regularize,
- regulate,
- roll,
- roll flat,
- rough out,
- roughcast,
- roughhew,
- routinize,
- rub out,
- rule off,
- run through,
- schedule,
- sculpt,
- sculpture,
- send headlong,
- set,
- set off,
- set out,
- set up,
- settle,
- shape,
- shell out,
- sink money in,
- sketch,
- sketch out,
- smooth,
- smooth out,
- smoothen,
- spend,
- splurge,
- spread-eagle,
- squander,
- stamp,
- standardize,
- steamroll,
- steamroller,
- step off,
- structure,
- stun,
- stupefy,
- supinate,
- systematize,
- tailor,
- take care of,
- take down,
- thermoform,
- throw,
- throw down,
- throw money around,
- topple,
- tranquilize,
- trip,
- tumble,
- waste,
- whack down,
- wipe out,
- work,
- zap
Words containing 'lay out'
- Lay,
- Laying,
- To lay about,
- To lay at,
- To lay before,
- To lay by,
- To lay down,
- To lay for,
- To lay in,
- To lay in for,
- To lay it on,
- To lay on,
- To lay out,
- To lay over,
- To lay to,
- To lay under,
- To lay up,
- lay before,
- lay by,
- lay down,
- lay in,
- lay into,
- lay off,
- lay on,
- lay over,
- lay to,
- lay up,
- laying on,
- laying out,
- Lay baptism,
- Lay brother,
- Lay clerk,
- Lay days,
- Lay elder,
- Lay figure,
- Lay race,
- Lay reader,
- Lay shaft,
- Laying on of hands,
- Pipe laying,
- Point Lay,
- To lay a venue,
- To lay about one,
- To lay against the field,
- To lay asleep,
- To lay bare,
- To lay by the heels,
- To lay claim to,
- To lay forth,
- To lay hands on,
- To lay hold of,
- To lay hold on,
- To lay in balance,
- To lay in lavender,
- To lay it on thick,
- To lay on load,
- To lay on the shelf,
- To lay on the table,
- To lay open,
- To lay siege to,
- To lay the course,
- To lay the land,
- To lay to heart,
- To lay unto,
- To lay wait,
- To lay wait for,
- To lay waste,
- easy lay,
- egg laying,
- lay aside,
- lay away,
- lay claim,
- lay down the law,
- lay eyes on,
- lay hands on,
- lay it on thick,
- lay low,
- lay on the line,
- lay the foundation,
- lay to rest,
- lay waste,
- lay waste to,
- lay witness,
- lay-by,
- lay-up,
- laying claim,
- laying waste,
- the lay of the land,
- Point Lay, AK,
- To lay an anchor to the windward,
- To lay heads together,
- To lay one's self out,
- To lay stress upon,
- to get the lay of the land,
- To lay hands on one's self,
- To lay one's self open to,
- egg-laying mammal,
- To lay violent hands on one's self,
- To lay a fault misfortune etc at one's door