lay out

Meaning

1. (transitive) To expend or contribute money to an expense or purchase.
2. (transitive) To arrange (physically) in a certain way, so as to spread or space apart; to display (e.g. merchandise or a collection).
3. (transitive) To explain; to interpret.
4. (transitive) To arrange; to design; to concoct; to think up.
5. To prepare a body for burial.
6. (US, colloquial, transitive) To render (someone) unconscious; to knock out; to cause to fall to the floor; to kill.
7. (colloquial, transitive) To scold or berate.
8. (US, colloquial, intransitive, proscribed) To lie in the sunshine.

Synonyms

spread out

spread

arrange

set out

put out

invest

stretch out

design

plan

set

spend

set up

assign

present

engineer

locate

devise

scheme

lay down

unfold

lay flat

consume

represent

schedule

project

array

plot

map out

lay

place

range

bespread

drain

distribute

burn

dispose of

display

blueprint

apportion

dilute

block out

degrade

format

define

apply

aggrandize

fool away

formulate

frame

extend

Translations

étaler

étendre

arranger

disposer

auslegen

disporre

aufbahren

disponer

trazar

spiegare

placer

présenter

tracer

arrangiare

anlegen

Etymology

From lay + out.