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Definition of Lay out

1. Verb. Lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line. "Lay out the arguments"

2. Verb. Get ready for a particular purpose or event. "Lay out the tools for the surgery"

3. Verb. Spend or invest. "He laid out a fortune in the hope of making a huge profit"

4. Verb. Bring forward and present to the mind. "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason"

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

Definition of Lay out

1. Verb. to expend ¹

2. Verb. to arrange in a certain way ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) to concoct; think up ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lay Out

lay down the marker lay eyes on lay figure lay hands on lay hold of lay in lay into lay it on thick lay low lay of the land

lay off lay on lay on the line lay one's cards on the table lay open lay out (current term) lay over lay person lay preacher lay preachers

lay reader lay readers lay rubber lay siege lay speaker lay speakers lay the groundwork lay the smack down lay to rest

Literary usage of Lay out

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Daniel Webster by Daniel Webster, Edward Everett (1851)
"This they directed the selectmen to lay out; they did not merely reserve the ... I have already observed, that the town could not lay out a street by its ..."

2. Collections by CT Historical Society (1908)
"... shall have arod also the town voted that the Committe that was Chosen to lay out,the second divisions wants of homesteads and mende- ments shall lay out ..."

3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"We lay out of view in this case, as in the Adams Case, the receipts which they gave, under protest, in order to regain possession of their vouchers. ..."

4. Public and Local Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan by Michigan (1845)
"Pour years are hereby granted the above named commissioners to lay out and open said road. Sec. 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after ..."

5. The Works of Daniel Webster by Daniel Webster (1890)
"Thia they directed the selectmen to lay out; they did not merely reserve the ... I have already observed, that the town could not lay out a street by its ..."

6. The Principles and Practice of Surveying by Charles Blaney Breed, George Leonard Hosmer (1906)
"To lay out a Connection in a Mine. — Here the problem is to determine the bearing (or azimuth) and the vertical angle and the distance to run from point A ..."

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