Translate layer | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of layer
noun
1a sheet, quantity, or thickness of material, typically one of several, covering a surface or body:bears depend on a layer of blubber to keep them warm in the water figurativea larger missile would provide a layer of defense at higher altitudes a level of seniority in the hierarchy of an organization:a managerial layer
2 [in combination] a person or thing that lays something:the worms are prolific egg-layers
3a shoot fastened down to take root while attached to the parent plant.
verb
[with object] (often as adjective layered) 1arrange in a layer or layers:the current trend for layered clothes cut (hair) in overlapping layers:her layered, shoulder-length hair
2propagate (a plant) as a layer:a layered shoot
