to lay out a corpse

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• To lay out — Lay Lay (l[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laid} (l[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Laying}.] [OE. leggen, AS. lecgan, causative, fr. licgan to lie; akin to D. leggen, G. legen, Icel. leggja, Goth. lagjan. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. To cause to lie down,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• lay out — {v. phr.} 1. To prepare (a dead body) for burial. * /The corpse was laid out by the undertaker./ 2. {slang} To knock down flat; to hit unconscious. * /A stiff right to the jaw laid the boxer out in the second round./ 3. To plan. * /Come here,… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• lay out — {v. phr.} 1. To prepare (a dead body) for burial. * /The corpse was laid out by the undertaker./ 2. {slang} To knock down flat; to hit unconscious. * /A stiff right to the jaw laid the boxer out in the second round./ 3. To plan. * /Come here,… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• lay\ out — v. phr. 1. To prepare (a dead body) for burial. The corpse was laid out by the undertaker. 2. slang To knock down flat; to hit unconscious. A stiff right to the jaw laid the boxer out in the second round. 3. To plan. Come here, Fred, I have a job …   Словарь американских идиом

• lay out — transitive verb Date: 15th century 1. display, exhibit 2. spend 3. a. to prepare (a corpse) for viewing b. to knock flat or unconscious 4. to plan in detail < lay out a campaign > 5. arrange, design …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• lay out — phr verb Lay out is used with these nouns as the object: ↑buffet, ↑corpse, ↑criterion, ↑detail, ↑garden, ↑guideline, ↑map, ↑mat, ↑park, ↑vision …   Collocations dictionary

• lay out —    to prepare (a corpse) for burial    You straighten the limbs before the onset of rigor mortis might make it hard to accommodate the body in the coffin …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• Lay — (l[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laid} (l[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Laying}.] [OE. leggen, AS. lecgan, causative, fr. licgan to lie; akin to D. leggen, G. legen, Icel. leggja, Goth. lagjan. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. To cause to lie down, to be… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• corpse — n. 1) to bury; lay out a corpse 2) to dig up, exhume a corpse 3) a corpse decays, decomposes, rots * * * [kɔːps] decomposes exhume a corpse lay out a corpse rots a corpse decays to bury to dig up …   Combinatory dictionary

• corpse — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ human ▪ naked ▪ bloody, charred, headless, mangled, mutilated ▪ decaying …   Collocations dictionary

• lay — lay1 [lā] vt. laid, laying [ME leyen, new formation < 3d pers. sing. of earlier leggen < OE lecgan, lit., to make lie (akin to Goth lagjan, Ger legen) < pt. base of OE licgan, to LIE1] 1. to cause to come down or fall with force; knock… …   English World dictionary