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    lay out
    [lay out]
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    1. spread something out to its full extent, especially so that it can be seen:
      "the police were insisting that suitcases should be opened and their contents laid out"
      • construct or arrange buildings or gardens according to a plan:
        "they proceeded to lay out a new town"
      • arrange and present material for printing and publication:
        "the brochure is beautifully laid out"
      • explain something clearly and carefully:
        "we need a paper laying out our priorities"
      • prepare someone for burial after death:
        "they laid him out in the cabin in a big wooden box"
      • informal
        knock someone unconscious:
        "he was lucky that the punch didn't lay him out"
      • informal
        spend a sum of money:
        "look at the money I had to lay out for your uniform"
    lay·out
    [ˈlāˌout]
    noun
    lay-out (noun)
    1. the way in which the parts of something are arranged or laid out:
      "changing the layout of the ground floor"
      • the way in which text or pictures are set out on a page:
        "the layout is uncluttered and the illustrations are helpful"
      • the process of setting out material on a page or in a work:
        "doing layout for newspapers and magazines"
      • a thing arranged or set out in a particular way:
        "a model railroad layout"
      • (in diving and gymnastics) a position in which the body is extended, the head upright, the legs held straight and together, and the arms held out to the sides.
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    noun
    1. the way in which the parts of something are arranged or laid out:
      structure
      arrangement
      construction
      framework
      format
      design
      organization
      system
      planning
      order
      orderliness
      symmetry
      proportion
      Opposite:
      content
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