Antonyms for laying out
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ley |
| Phonetic Transcription : leɪ |
Definition of laying out
Origin :- Old English lecgan "to place on the ground (or other surface)," also "put down (often by striking)," from Proto-Germanic *lagjanan (cf. Old Saxon leggian, Old Norse leggja, Old Frisian ledza, Middle Dutch legghan, Dutch leggen, Old High German lecken, German legen, Gothic lagjan "to lay, put, place"), causative of lie (v.2). As a noun, from 1550s, "act of laying." Meaning "way in which something is laid" (e.g. lay of the land) first recorded 1819.
- Meaning "have sex with" first recorded 1934, in U.S. slang, probably from sense of "deposit" (which was in Old English, as in lay an egg, lay a bet, etc.), perhaps reinforced by to lie with, a phrase frequently met in the Bible. The noun meaning "woman available for sexual intercourse" is attested from 1930, but there are suggestions of it in stage puns from as far back as 1767. To lay for (someone) "await a chance at revenge" is from late 15c.; lay low "stay inconspicuous" is from 1839. To lay (someone) low preserves the secondary Old English sense.
- verb spend money
- verb design, plan
- For him, tradition reigned, and law was ever laying out the way.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- Did not the dear creature prefer me to every woman in the assembly, when every she was laying out for him?
- Extract from : « Joseph Andrews Vol. 1 » by Henry Fielding
- At a nod from Mrs. Effie I directed the laying out of these.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- I understand you are laying out two or three towns on the ranch, Mrs. McCloud?
- Extract from : « Whispering Smith » by Frank H. Spearman
- Some compromises had to be made in laying out this html version.
- Extract from : « All Round the Year » by Edith Nesbit
- A great many plans were suggested for laying out the ground.
- Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1905. » by Various
- This may be used as a templet for laying out the others and they can then be sawn separately.
- Extract from : « Handwork in Wood » by William Noyes
- Laying out rows of flat things on the table, with marks on them.
- Extract from : « The Five Jars » by Montague Rhodes James
- We had reviewed the incidents of the day, and were laying out our plans for the morrow.
- Extract from : « The Hunters' Feast » by Mayne Reid
- There does not seem to have been much of a plan used in laying out a settlement.
- Extract from : « The Prehistoric World » by E. A. Allen
Synonyms for laying out
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