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 ;

1. (

• layer

) make or form a layer; "layer the different colored sands" ;