different between laydown vs outstretch

English

Etymology

From the verb phrase lay down.

Noun

laydown (countable and uncountable, plural laydowns)

1. (usually uncountable) The act of laying something down
2. (publishing) A physical mockup or layout of a page design
3. (military) A pattern of deployment
4. (bridge) A hand which is so strong that the declarer can simply expose it and claim the number of tricks required by his or her contract
5. (fishing) A tree fallen in water, where anglers might target fish

Adjective

laydown (not comparable)

1. Of packaging: designed to lie flat rather than stand upright.
   • 1997, National Petroleum News (volume 89, issues 7-13, page 52)

     Most C-store category managers prefer pegboard to bagged, and many have stopped carrying laydown bags.

2. Of (usually nuclear) bomb delivery: designed to land on the ground and wait for some time before detonation.

Related terms

• lay down

See also

• laydown on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From Middle English outstrecchen, equivalent to out- +? stretch. Cognate with West Frisian útstreekje (“to outstretch”), Dutch uitstrekken (“to outstretch”), German Low German utstrecken (“to outstretch”), German ausstrecken (“to outstretch”), Danish udstrække (“to outstretch”), Swedish utsträcka (“to outstretch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?t?st??t??/
• Rhymes: -?t?
• Hyphenation: out?stretch

Verb

outstretch (third-person singular simple present outstretches, present participle outstretching, simple past and past participle outstretched)

1. To extend by stretching

   • She knew from avalanche safety courses that outstretched hands might puncture the ice surface and alert rescuers. She knew that if victims ended up buried under the snow, cupped hands in front of the face could provide a small pocket of air for the mouth and nose. Without it, the first breaths could create a suffocating ice mask.

Anagrams

• stretch out, stretchout