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[ verb ] lay out in a line

Synonyms

set_out array range

Used in print

(Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)

It was thickly_settled by fifteen thousand citizens and laid_out into pig infested streets , mostly around the Battery , going bravely north to Wall_Street , but giving_up and becoming fields and farms in the region of Harlem_Heights .

(Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)

`` He 's used it every_day ; every morning , I lay_out his clothes on_it '' .

Related terms

arrange compart array

2
[ verb ] get ready for a particular purpose or event

Synonyms

set_up set

Examples

"set up an experiment" "set the table" "lay out the tools for the surgery"

Used in print

(Covered Bridge Topics, XIX:2...)

`` Mr. Palmer will attend_to any applications relating to bridges and if desired will view the proposed site , and lay_out and superintend the work , or recommend a suitable person to execute it .

Related terms

prepare set

3
[ verb ] bring forward and present to the mind

Synonyms

present represent

Examples

"We presented the arguments to him" "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason"

4
[ verb ] provide a detailed plan or design

Examples

"She laid out her plans for the new house"

Related terms

plan block_out loft layout

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