"layers" in the noun sense
1. layer, bed
single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
"slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach"
2. layer
a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
3. level, layer, stratum
an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
"a good actor communicates on several levels"
"a simile has at least two layers of meaning"
"the mind functions on many strata simultaneously"
4. layer
a hen that lays eggs
5. layer
thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells
"layers" in the verb sense
1. layer
make or form a layer
"layer the different colored sands"
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