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Definition of "lay out" [lay out]

  • To expend (verb)
  • To arrange in a certain way (verb)
  • To concoct; think up (verb)
  • To prepare a body for burial. (verb)

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Use "lay out" in a sentence
  • "When the FASTEN SEAT BELTS sign went off, I stretched and lay out across my row before realizing I had forgotten to switch my cell phone off."
  • "She and Tarak had been invited to join D6 after their meal, presumably to lay out a plan for the following days."
  • "ELIOT KAMENITZ/THE TIMES PICAYUNE Boaters lay out an oil absorbing boom as efforts by workers continue in Machais Lake to protect marsh and water ways from oil leaking from BP well in Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, May 9, 2010."