lay out

verb

1. to arrange or spread out
2. to prepare (a corpse) for burial or cremation
3. to plan or contrive
4. informal.
   to spend (money), esp lavishly
5. informal.
   to knock unconscious
6. informal.
   to exert (oneself) or put (oneself) to an effort

   he laid himself out to please us

noun

1. the arrangement or plan of something, such as a building
2. the arrangement of written material, photographs, or other artwork on an advertisement or page in a book, newspaper, etc
3. a preliminary plan indicating this
4. a drawing showing the relative disposition of parts in a machine, etc
5. the act of laying out
6. something laid out
7. the formation of cards on the table in various games, esp in patience
8. informal.
   a residence or establishment, esp a large one

Example Sentences

In a perspective piece published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Peterson lays out the rationale behind this paradigm shift.

From Science Daily

“There will be no political messiah coming from the White House on high to save us,” he said last year in a lengthy speech laying out his plans.

From New York Times

It was just the vice president, standing before that massive crowd laying out the stakes in the election and offering her vision for the future.

From Salon

Would I like her to lay out her plans a little bit more to potentially expand reproductive rights?

From BBC

These software tools help you lay out your options so you can compare them and pick the best one.

From Salon

Related Words

• arrange
• chart
• outline