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What (who) is layer - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Layers; Layer (disambiguation); Layered; Layers (album)
layer
n.
1.
Stratum, bed. See lay, 1.
2.
Course (as of bricks).
3.
Shoot or twig (laid in the ground for propagation).
layer
layer
¦ noun
1. a sheet or thickness of material, typically one of several, covering a surface or body.
2. a person or thing that lays something.
3. a shoot fastened down to take root while attached to the parent plant.
¦ verb [often as adjective layered]
1. arrange or cut in a layer or layers.
2. propagate (a plant) as a layer.
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Examples of use of layer
1. There‘s no need for layer upon layer of unrecyclable plastic.
2. The filter consists of a layer of sand, a layer of activated carbon, and a layer of porous clay.
3. He tries to peel off layer after layer, not realizing that the truth is something else.
4. Most people tried to solve the puzzle going from color layer to color layer.
5. Gradually, over the years, the meanings and emotions have settled, layer after layer, a fertile sediment.