- lay·erIPA[ˈlāər]
noun
1. a sheet, quantity, or thickness of material, typically one of several, covering a surface or body:
bears depend on a layer of blubber to keep them warm in the water a larger missile would provide a layer of defense at higher altitudes2. a level of seniority in the hierarchy of an organization:
a managerial layer3. a person or thing that lays something:
the worms are prolific egg-layers4. a shoot fastened down to take root while attached to the parent plant:
they can be increased from cuttings and layers
verb
1. arrange in a layer or layers:
in an ovenproof dish layer the potato and zucchini slices2. cut (hair) in overlapping layers:
we layered the hair to give her lots of styling alternatives3. propagate (a plant) as a layer.
Variation
n.: noun: layer, plural noun: layers
v.: verb: layer, 3rd person present: layers, gerund or present participle: layering, past tense: layered, past participle: layered
noun
a sheet, quantity, or thickness of material, typically one of several, covering a surface or body:a level of seniority in the hierarchy of an organization:
verb
arrange in a layer or layers:cut (hair) in overlapping layers:
adjective
arranged in a layer or layers:(of hair) cut in overlapping layers:
adjective
arranged in a layer or layers:(of hair) cut in overlapping layers:
noun
a layer in the epidermis in which skin cells are continually formed by division.
noun
each of the three layers of cells (ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm) that are formed in the early embryo.
noun
the middle layer of the shell of a mollusk, consisting of calcite or aragonite.
noun
a layer of parallel elongated cells below the epidermis of a leaf.
noun
a layer in the earth's stratosphere at an altitude of about 6.2 miles (10 km) containing a high concentration of ozone, which absorbs most of the ultraviolet radiation reaching the earth from the sun.
noun
the lowest layer of the ionosphere, able to reflect low-frequency radio waves.