layer

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 single thickness of some material covering a surface.

It's cold now but it will warm up this afternoon. Make sure you wear layers.

A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum.

I find seven-layer cake a bit too rich.

Sometimes, the underlying layers are exposed by erosion, revealing the story of the rocks like an open book.

One of the items in a hierarchy.

mired in layers of deceit

Right above the database access layer sits a number cruncher that performs any calculations that a particular request may require, such as computing a standard deviation. In many cases, this layer just forwards raw numbers.

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.

To cut or divide into layers.

To arrange in layers.

Layer the ribbons on top of one another to make an attractive pattern.

A person who lays anything, such as tiles or a wager.

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 mature female bird, insect, etc. that is able to lay eggs.

“Mrs. Boast can’t have got all these from one hatching,” [Ma] said. “I do believe there’s not more than two cockerels among them.” “The Boasts have got such a head-start with chickens, likely they’re planning to eat friers this summer,” said Pa. “It may be she took a few cockerels out of this flock, looking on them as meat.” “Yes, and replaced them with pullets that will be layers,” Ma guessed. “It would be Mrs. Boast all over. A more generous woman never lived.”

We keep a flock of layers and flock of broilers.

A shoot of a plant, laid underground for growth.