Layer

Noun

 * 1) A single thickness of some material covering a surface
 * 2) A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum.
 * 3) A person who lays things, such as tiles.
 * 4) A hen kept to lay eggs.
 * 5) An item of clothing worn under or over another.
 * 6) A shoot of a plant, laid underground for growth.

Synonyms

 * stratum

Derived terms

 * boundary layer
 * ozone layer

Verb

 * 1)  to cut or divide (something) into layers
 * 2)  to arrange (something) in layers.
 * Layer the ribbons on top of one another to make an attractive pattern.

Thesaurus
Appleton layer, F layer, Heaviside-Kennelly layer, Van Allen belt, arrange in layers, belt, bookie, chemosphere, delaminate, desquamate, exfoliate, flake, ionosphere, isothermal region, laminate, lay down, lay up, lower atmosphere, outer atmosphere, photosphere, scale, stratify, stratosphere, stratum, substratosphere, tropopause, troposphere, upper atmosphere

Etymology
From leyer:, leyare: < lay: + -er:

Noun

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese: 层 (céng)
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: στρώση,, στιβάδα, διάστρωση
 * Hungarian:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 重ね (かさね, kasane)
 * Korean: 층 (cheung)
 * Macedonian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, пласт
 * Sanskrit:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, skikt
 * Telugu: పొర (pora)
 * Turkish:


 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:


 * Greek:, διάστρωση
 * Macedonian: наслојка, наслага
 * Russian:, пласт
 * Swedish: lager, skikt, varv


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: -mies (e.g. laattamies)
 * German: -leger (only in combined words, such as Fliesenleger )


 * Russian: укладчик
 * Swedish: takläggare, golvläggare


 * Dutch: legster
 * Finnish:
 * French: pondeuse
 * German: Legehenne
 * Greek: καρπερή
 * Italian: ovaiola


 * Macedonian: несилка
 * Polish:
 * Russian: несушка
 * Spanish: gallina ponedora, onedora
 * Swedish: äggläggare, värphöna
 * Telugu: పొదుగుట


 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: vaatekerros


 * French: couche
 * German: Bekleidungsschicht
 * Swedish: lager


 * Swedish: stickling, skott, avsugare, sugymp

Verb

 * Greek: καταβολεύω


 * Macedonian: раслојува


 * Finnish: ,
 * German: schichten
 * Macedonian: наслојува


 * Polish: układać warstwami
 * Turkish: tabaka (?)

Anagrams

 * early
 * relay, re-lay