layer
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English leyer, leyare (“‘a layer of stones or bricks’”) < lay + -er
[edit] Pronunciation
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- IPA: /ˈleɪə(r)/
- Rhymes: -eɪə(r)
[edit] Noun
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layer (plural layers)
- A single thickness of some material covering a surface
- A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum.
- A person who lays things, such as tiles.
- A hen kept to lay eggs.
- An item of clothing worn under or over another.
- shoot of a plant, laid under ground for growth.
[edit] Synonyms
- (stratum): stratum
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
single thickness of some material covering a surface
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deposit
person who lays things, such as tiles
hen kept to lay eggs
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item of clothing worn under or over another
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[edit] Verb
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to layer (third-person singular simple present layers, present participle layering, simple past and past participle layered)
- (ambitransitive) to cut or divide (something) into layers
- (ambitransitive) to arrange (something) in layers.
- Layer the ribbons on top of one another to make an attractive pattern.
[edit] Translations
to cut or divide into layers
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to arrange in layers
[edit] External links
- layer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- layer in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
