Layer
['leɪə] or ['leɪr]
Definition
(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.) a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another.
(verb.) make or form a layer; 'layer the different colored sands'.
Editor: Lois--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Editor: Woodrow
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Stratum, bed, LAY.[2]. Course (as of bricks).[3]. Shoot or twig (laid in the ground for propagation).
Typed by Chloe
Definition
n. a stratum—better Lair (q.v.). See Lay.
Edited by Carlos
Examples
- Meanwhile the water strains through the wire cloth, leaving a thin layer of moist interlaced fibre spread in a white sheet over the surface of the belt. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Above this layer should be about 30 inches of dry sawdust or turners shavings, well packed up to the level of the top of the joists. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- There is a layer of felt nailed to the sides, ceiling, and floor of the room, and on this is nailed the sheet iron. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Ages ago trees and bushes grew thick and fast, and the ground was always covered with a deep layer of decaying vegetable matter. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The action of the sun on their skin causes small parts of the second layer of skin to give out a yellow or yellowish brown substance. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Upon this lay a thick layer of moss, leaves, or sawdust. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Clearly Juan Luis was a man of very little honor, but of much sensitiveness in his work and he was also a great layer of women. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The whitening is done by boiling the pins in a large copper kettle, which also contains layers of grained tin and a solution of argol or bitartrate of potash. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In the silo it should be distributed evenly and probably had better be placed in regular layers, lapping shingle fashion so that it will settle evenly. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- So I went down to Quogue with one of my assistants and saw there for miles large beds of black sand on the beach in layers from one to six inches thick--hundreds of thousands of tons. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Nor are the rocks of the world in orderly layers one above the other, convenient for men to read. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- W erner thought that the earth showed universal strata like the layers of an onion, the mountains being formed by erosion, subsidence, cavings-in. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Geologists say that long ages ago Germany was submerged, that the waters slowly evaporated and that the various substances in the sea water were deposited in thick layers. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The sandy ground, shelving downward from where we sat, was lost mysteriously in the outward layers of the fog. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
Editor: Rosalie