layer

a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface.

a layer of soot on the windowsill; two layers of paint.

something lying over or under something else; a level or tier.

There can be multiple layers of metaphor in a single poem.

a bed; stratum.

alternating layers of basalt and sandstone.

a person or thing that lays (often used in combination): a bricklayer.

a carpet layer;

a bricklayer.

a hen kept for egg production.

one of several items of clothing worn one on top of the other.

Horticulture.

1. a shoot or twig that is induced to root while still attached to the living stock, as by bending and covering with soil.

2. a plant so propagated.

Ropemaking. a machine for laying rope or cable.

to make a layer of.

to form or arrange in layers.

to arrange or wear (clothing) in layers.

You can layer this vest over a blouse or sweater.

to cut (hair) in overlapping layers of different lengths.

My hairdresser insisted on layering my hair at my last visit—I rather like it this way.

Horticulture. to propagate by layering.

a thickness of some homogeneous substance, such as a stratum or a coating on a surface

one of four or more levels of vegetation defined in ecological studies: the ground or moss layer, the field or herb layer, the shrub layer, and one or more tree layers

a laying hen

horticulture

1. a shoot or branch rooted during layering

2. a plant produced as a result of layering