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Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
lay out (verb)
transitive verb
1.
- display exhibit
2.
- spend
3.
a) to prepare (a corpse) for viewing
b) to knock flat or unconscious
4.
to plan in detail - lay out a campaign
5.
- arrange design
6.
to mark (work) for drilling, machining, or filing
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
lay out (verb)
1.
to hand over or use up in payment
SYNONYMS:
disburse, drop, expend, fork (over, out, up), give, lay out, outlay, pay, shell out
RELATED WORDS:
lavish, rain; blow, dissipate, fritter (away), run through, squander, throw away, waste
NEAR ANTONYMS:
cache, hoard, lay up, save; acquire, earn, gain, garner, make, procure, realize, secure, win
lay out (verb)
2.
to work out the details of (something) in advance
SYNONYMS:
arrange, blueprint, budget, calculate, chart, choreograph, design, frame, lay out, map (out), organize, prepare, project, scheme (out), shape, strategize (about)
RELATED WORDS:
conspire, contrive, devise, intrigue, machinate, plot, put up; concert, get up; draft, outline, sketch; aim, figure, have on, intend, mean; contemplate, meditate, premeditate
lay out (verb)
3.
to put into a particular arrangement
SYNONYMS:
arrange, array, classify, codify, dispose, draw up, lay out, marshal ( marshall), organize, range, systematize
RELATED WORDS:
groom, make up, spruce (up), straighten (up), tidy (up); unscramble; align ( aline), cue, line, line up, queue; alphabetize, file, hierarchize, prioritize, sequence; emplace, place, set; display, map (out), set out
derange, disarrange, disarray, disorder, mess (up), muss (up), rumple, upset
lay out (verb)
4.
to present so as to invite notice or attention
SYNONYMS:
display, disport, exhibit, expose, flash, flaunt, lay out, parade, produce, show off, sport, strut, unveil
RELATED WORDS:
brandish, flourish, wave; advertise, air, announce, blaze, broadcast, herald, placard, post, proclaim, publicize, sound, trumpet; divulge, talk (about), tell (of); bare, discover, reveal, uncloak, uncover, unmask
NEAR ANTONYMS:
camouflage, disguise, mask; conceal, cover, curtain, enshroud, hide, obscure, occlude, occult, shroud, veil
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