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The definition of a layer is a single thickness or coat, or a hen that lays eggs.
(noun)An example of a layer is the frosting on a cake.
Layer is defined as to create levels.
(verb)An example of layer is to put on foundation, then loose powder, and then blush and bronzer.
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See layer in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a person or thing that lays
- a single thickness, coat, fold, or stratum
- a shoot or twig (of a living plant) bent down and partly covered with earth so that it may take root
intransitive verb
to form layers
transitive verb
- to grow (a plant) by means of a layer ()
- to arrange in or as if in layers
- to trim and style (hair) to hang in layers
See layer in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- a. One that lays: a tile layer.b. A hen kept for laying eggs.
- a. A single thickness of a material covering a surface or forming an overlying part or segment: a layer of dust on the windowsill; a cake with four layers.b. A usually horizontal deposit or expanse; a stratum: layers of sedimentary rock; a layer of warm air.c. A depth or level: a poem with several layers of meaning.
- Botany A stem that is covered with soil for rooting while still part of the living plant.
- An item of clothing worn over or under another.
- To divide or form into layers: layered gravel and charcoal to make a filter.
- To cut (hair) into different, usually overlapping lengths.
- Botany To propagate (a plant) by means of a layer.
- To wear (clothing) in layers.
- To form or come apart as layers.
- Botany To take root as a result of layering.
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