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1. (n.) layer
a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface:
a layer of soot on the window sill; two layers of paint.
2. layer
bed; stratum:
alternating layers of basalt and sandstone.
3. layer
a person or thing that lays:
a carpet layer.
4. layer
a hen kept for egg production.
5. layer
one of several items of clothing worn one on top of the other.
6. layer
a shoot or twig that is induced to root while still attached to the living stock, as by bending and covering with soil.
7. layer
a person or thing that lays.
8. (v.t.) layer
to make a layer of.
9. layer
to form or arrange in layers.
10. layer
to arrange or wear (clothing) in layers:
to layer a vest over a blouse.
11. layer
to propagate by layering.
12. (v.i.) layer
to separate into or form layers.
13. layer
(of a garment) to permit of wearing in layers; be used in layering.
Etymology: (1900–05)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) layer, bed
single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
"slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach"
2. (noun) layer
a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
3. (noun) level, layer, stratum
an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
"a good actor communicates on several levels"; "a simile has at least two layers of meaning"; "the mind functions on many strata simultaneously"
4. (noun) layer
a hen that lays eggs
5. (verb) layer
thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells
6. (verb) layer
make or form a layer
"layer the different colored sands"
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1. (noun) layer
an amount of a substance covering a surface, or between other substances
a thin layer of ice on the water; First add a layer of tomato sauce, and then a layer of cheese.
2. layer
a level within a system or organization
several layers of security protecting the computer network
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Layer
one who, or that which, lays
2. (noun) Layer
that which is laid; a stratum; a bed; one thickness, course, or fold laid over another; as, a layer of clay or of sand in the earth; a layer of bricks, or of plaster; the layers of an onion
3. (noun) Layer
a shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation
4. (noun) Layer
an artificial oyster bed
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Sense: a thickness or covering
The ground was covered with a layer of snow; There was a layer of clay a few feet under the ground.
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 Afrikaans: laag |
 Arabic: طَبَقَه |
 Bulgarian: слой |
 Brazilian: camada |
 Czech: vrstva |
 German: die Lage |
 Danish: lag |
 Greek: στρώμα (μτφ.) |
 Spanish: capa |
 Estonian: kiht |
 Farsi: لایه |
 Finnish: kerros |
 French: couche |
 Hebrew: שִׁכְבָה |
 Hindi: परत |
 Croatian: sloj |
 Hungarian: réteg |
 Indonesian: lapisan |
 Icelandic: lag |
 Italian: strato |
 Japanese: 層 |
 Korean: (쌓인 것, 페인트 등의) 층 |
 Lithuanian: sluoksnis, klodas |
 Latvian: kārta; slānis |
 Malay: lapisan |
 Dutch: laag |
 Norwegian: lag |
 Polish: warstwa |
 Persian: ،پوش لایه |
 Pashto: استر،پوښ |
 Portuguese: camada |
 Romanian: strat |
 Russian: слой |
 Slovak: vrstva |
 Slovenian: plast |
 Serbian: sloj |
 Swedish: lager, skikt |
 Thai: ชั้น |
 Turkish: kat, tabaka |
 Taiwanese: 層 |
 Ukrainian: шар, пласт |
 Urdu: پرت |
 Vietnamese: lớp |
 Chinese: 层 |
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