Definitions for layer

Overview of noun layer

The noun layer has 5 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (8) layer, bed

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

2. (1) layer

(a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another)

3. 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. layer

(a hen that lays eggs)

5. layer

(thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells)

Overview of verb layer

The verb layer has 1 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (3) layer

(make or form a layer; "layer the different colored sands")