lay out in WordNet English dictionary

1. lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
   "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments"
   range  array  lay out  set out 
   
2. get ready for a particular purpose or event
   "set up an experiment"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the surgery"
   set up  lay out  set 
   
3. provide a detailed plan or design
   "She laid out her plans for the new house"
   lay out 
   
4. bring forward and present to the mind
   "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason"
   present  represent  lay out 
   
5. spend or invest
   "lay out thousands on gold"; "he laid out a fortune in the hope of making a huge profit"
   lay out 
   

lay out in English Wiktionary