layer
see also: Layer
Pronunciation Etymology 1
Layer
Proper noun
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see also: Layer
Pronunciation Etymology 1
Appears at first glance to be from Middle English leyer, leyare ("a layer of stones or bricks"), equivalent to lay + -er.
However, this word layer (referring to a thickness of a material covering a surface) has long been argued to be from a respelling of an obsolete sense of the word lair that was once used by farmers, which had to do with soil.
Nounlayer (plural layers)
- A single thickness of some material covering a surface.
- Wrap the loaf in two layers of aluminum foil before putting it in the oven.
- After the first coat of paint dried, he applied another layer.
- A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum.
- I find seven-layer cake a bit too rich.
- One of the items in a hierarchy.
- mired in layers of deceit
- (computer graphics, by analogy to a stack of transparency) One in a stack of (initially transparent) drawing surfaces that comprise an image; used to keep elements of an image separate so that they can be modified independently from one another.
- (networking) One of the seven network switch pieces in the Open Systems Interconnection model: application, presentation, session, transport, network, data link, and physical.
layer (layers, present participle layering; simple past and past participle layered)
- (ambitransitive) To cut or divide into layers.
- (ambitransitive) To arrange in layers.
- Layer the ribbons on top of one another to make an attractive pattern.
- German: trennen, spalten
- Russian: рассла́ивать
- German: schichten, übereinanderlegen
- Russian: насла́ивать
layer (plural layers)
- A person who lays anything, such as tiles or a wager.
- 1890, The Argosy, volume 49, page 183:
- If fortune ever favoured any venturesome layer of bets, Tom Elliot was certainly the one that day.
- A mature female bird, insect, etc. that is able to lay eggs.
- As for which hen we'll cull for next Sunday's dinner, we certainly won't eat Henrietta yet — she's still a prime layer.
- When dealing with an infestation of headlice, the first step is to eliminate the layers.
- A hen kept to lay eggs; a breed of chicken bred to maximize laying output.
- Coordinate terms: broiler, fryer, roaster, stewer
- We keep a flock of layers and flock of broilers.
- A shoot of a plant, laid underground for growth.
- German: Leger, Verleger
- Portuguese: assentador
- Russian: укла́дчик
- French: pondeuse
- German: Legehenne
- Italian: ovaiola
- Portuguese: botadeira
- Russian: несу́шка
- Spanish: gallina ponedora, ponedora
Layer
Proper noun
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