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lay something out1Spread something out to its full extent: the police were insisting that suitcases should be opened and their contents laid out her evening dress was laid out on the bed...- If you were to uncoil a French horn and lay it out to its full length, it would be over six miles long.
- Carefully holding them he made his way back to the couch and laid the contents out on the coffee table.
- ‘Thank you so, so much,’ I whispered, laying the dress out on the gown and hugging my aunt tightly.
2Construct or arrange buildings or gardens according to a plan: they proceeded to lay out a new town...- The area where the houses and gardens would be laid out would be raised by about 2ft to counter the risk of flooding and changes to the drainage at the edge of the reserve.
- These gardens were laid out in 1550 for the Medici a year after they bought the Palazzo Pitti and were opened to the public in 1766.
- The gardens had been laid out quite formally, but there are signs of obvious neglect.
2.1Arrange and present material for printing and publication: the brochure is beautifully laid out...- The final feed would end up in the production department, where the text would be laid out and made ready for actual printing.
- What I liked was that the material is laid out in a reasonable fashion.
- The lines are laid out as prose, although there are a few attempts at verse format on the early pages, and sentences run on without a break.
Synonyms design, plan, set out, arrange; map out, outline, sketch out, rough out, block out, detail, draw up, formulate, work out, frame, draft, plot out, trace out 2.2Explain something clearly and carefully: we need a paper laying out our priorities...- You have to lay it out for her, explain that her behaviour will end your relationship.
- I liked the fact that he laid it out very clearly that we're going to be OK, but we're going to go after these guys.
- Any scientific theory has an exemplary case where the basic ideas and methodologies are laid out clearly and convincingly.
Synonyms spread out, set out, arrange, display, exhibit, distribute, line up, order 3 informal Spend a sum of money: look at the money I had to lay out for your uniform...- Similarly in Sligo we will never know how much money is laid out, and at the end of the day it is the ordinary ‘Joe Soap’ that goes around begging to raise money for the County Board.
- If the latter, then we have to wonder if consumers will be willing to lay out good money to see something they've already bought fixed properly.
- But when we come in, the cheaper it is, the better for us, because we know we're not going to have to lay out so much money.
Synonyms spend, expend, pay, disburse, contribute, part with, invest, put in, devote, use up, donate, give; lavish, squander, waste, dissipate informal shell out, fork out, dish out, splurge British informal stump up North American informal ante up, pony up See parent entry: lay |