lay out

English

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To expend or contribute money to an expense or purchase.
  • (transitive) To arrange in a certain way, so as to spread or space apart; to display (e.g. merchandise or a collection).
  • (transitive) To explain; to interpret.
  • (transitive) To concoct; think up.
  • To prepare a body for burial.
  • (transitive) To render (someone) unconscious; to knock out; to cause to fall to the floor.
  • (transitive) To scold or berate.
  • (intransitive) To lie in the sunshine.

Etymology

Compound from English lay (meadow) + English out (surpassing, beyond, outward, away from).

Origin

English

out

Gloss

surpassing, beyond, outward, away from

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