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LAY OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Get ready for a particular purpose or event
Example:
lay out the tools for the surgery
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "lay out" is one way to...):
fix; gear up; prepare; ready; set; set up (make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Provide a detailed plan or design
Example:
She laid out her plans for the new house
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "lay out" is one way to...):
plan (make plans for something)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lay out"):
block out (plan where and when songs should be inserted into a theatrical production, or plan a theatrical production in general)
loft (lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a vessel's hull)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
layout (the act of laying out (as by making plans for something))
Sense 3
Meaning:
Bring forward and present to the mind
Example:
We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "lay out" is one way to...):
say; state; tell (express in words)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lay out"):
argue; reason (present reasons and arguments)
argue; indicate (give evidence of)
spin (twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sense 4
Meaning:
Lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
Example:
lay out the arguments
Synonyms:
array; lay out; range; set out
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "lay out" is one way to...):
arrange; set up (put into a proper or systematic order)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lay out"):
compart (lay out in parts according to a plan)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 5
Meaning:
Spend or invest
Example:
he laid out a fortune in the hope of making a huge profit
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "lay out" is one way to...):
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
