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lay·er

   [ley-er]
noun
1.
a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface: a layer of soot on the window sill; two layers of paint.
2.
bed; stratum: alternating layers of basalt and sandstone.
3.
a person or thing that lays: a carpet layer.
4.
a hen kept for egg production.
5.
one of several items of clothing worn one on top of the other.
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6.
Horticulture.
a.
a shoot or twig that is induced to root while still attached to the living stock, as by bending and covering with soil.
b.
a plant so propagated.
7.
Ropemaking. a machine for laying rope or cable.
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verb (used with object)
8.
to make a layer of.
9.
to form or arrange in layers.
10.
to arrange or wear (clothing) in layers: You can layer this vest over a blouse or sweater.
11.
Horticulture. to propagate by layering.

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verb (used without object)
12.
to separate into or form layers.
13.
(of a garment) to permit of wearing in layers; be used in layering: Frilly blouses don't layer well.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English leyer, legger. See lay1, -er1

Related forms
lay·er·a·ble, adjective
in·ter·lay·er, noun
in·ter·lay·er, verb (used with object)
non·lay·ered, adjective
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layer
1382, "one who or that lays" (especially stones, "a mason"), from lay (v.). Passive sense of "that which is laid" first recorded 1615, but since earliest Eng. use was in cookery, this is perhaps from Fr. liue "binding," used of a thickened sauce.
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layer lay·er (lā'ər)
n.
A single thickness of a material covering a surface or forming an overlying part or segment. v. lay·ered, lay·er·ing, lay·ers
To divide or form into layers.

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