layer

[Lay·er]

The noun layer describes a thin piece that's stacked on other thin pieces, like a layer of noodles in a lasagna dish. You can also apply a layer of paint to make your wall color more vivid.

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One who, or that which, lays.

Noun
thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells

Noun
a hen that lays eggs

Noun
single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach"

Noun
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"

Noun
a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another

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Verb
make or form a layer; "layer the different colored sands"


n.
One who, or that which, lays.

n.
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.

n.
A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation.

n.
An artificial oyster bed.


Layer

Lay"er , n. [See Lay to cause to lie flat.] 1. One who, or that which, lays. 2. [Prob. a corruption of lair.] 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. A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation. 4. An artificial oyster bed.

One who, or that which, lays.

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Usage Examples

Some of us are interested in directors, but really the vast majority of us are interested in actors. You experience the films through the actors, so they're all locked into your imagination in some kind of layer of fantasy or hatred or wherever they settle into your imagination.

You experience the films through the actors, so they're all locked into your imagination in some kind of layer of fantasy or hatred or wherever they settle into your imagination.

We do not have a functioning market in the true sense of the word in health care. That's a layer of transparency that's sorely needed in America.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I'm a big collector of vinyl - I have a record room in my house - and I've always had a huge soundtrack album collection. So what I do, as I'm writing a movie, is go through all those songs, trying to find good songs for fights, or good pieces of music to layer into the film.

Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top.

The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through.

Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

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