layering Definition

layer
noun

1. A thickness or covering, especially one of several on top of each other.

Thesaurus: stratum, tier, coating, cover, covering, film, mantle.
2. Someone or something that lays something specified.

Example: bricklayer
3. A hen that regularly lays eggs.
4. A shoot from a plant fastened into the soil so that it can take root while still attached to the parent plant.

verb layered, layering

1. To arrange or cut in layers.
2. To produce (a new plant) by preparing a layer from the parent plant.

Derivative: layered
adj

Composed of layers.

Etymology: 16c: from lay¹.