· lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line; "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments"
Synonym(s): range, array, set_out
· get ready for a particular purpose or event; "set up an experiment"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the surgery"
Hypernym(s): fix, prepare, set_up, ready, gear_up, set
· spend or invest; "lay out thousands on gold"; "he laid out a fortune in the hope of making a huge profit"
Hypernym(s): spend, expend, drop
· bring forward and present to the mind; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason"
Synonym(s): present, represent
· provide a detailed plan or design; "She laid out her plans for the new house"
Hypernym(s): plan