What part of speech is layer?

Layer can be categorized as a noun, a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. layer is a verb, present, 1st person singular of layer (infinitive).
  • 2. layer is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. layer is a noun, singular of layers.
  • 4. layer is an adjective, comparative of lay.

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Verb

Noun

Adjective

What does layer mean?

Definitions

Adjective
lay - not of or from a profession; "a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease"
lay - characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy; "set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"; "the lay ministry"

Verb
layer - make or form a layer; "layer the different colored sands"

Noun
layer - a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
layer - single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach"
layer - thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells
layer - a hen that lays eggs
layer - 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"
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Examples of layer

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1. verb Layer the different colored sands.
2. verb The thing to do is to bring the right clothing with you, clothes so you can layer up if it is cold and take off layers when it warms up.
3. verb Lay the books on the table.
4. verb Lay the patient carefully onto the bed.
5. verb This hen doesn't lay.
6. verb Lay a fire.
7. verb Lay the foundation for a new health care plan.
8. verb Lay a responsibility on someone.
9. verb According to former Indian army general A S Kalkat, the difficulty for Kumaratunga's government lay in the fact that the LTTE had become a de jure power in the north and east of the island and was running every aspect of civil administration in the areas within its control.
10. verb We used to go out and lay in the pasture on a blanket and watch for the space shuttle.
11. verb And then another call with all folks or a meeting at the jobsite to lay out the plan.
12. verb When I open a can of meat with gravy he licks off the gravy and lets the meat lay.
13. verb The two lay their eggs inside the cave you made for them.
14. verb Lay some knowledge on them dude.
15. verb She is crate trained, potty trained, and can sit, lay down, stay, come, fetch, and will even stay in a down position while I throw a treat across the floor or even right next to her paw, and she wont get it until I give her the command.
16. noun Kaoshikii comes from the Sanskrit word 'kosa' meaning shell or layer of mind.
17. noun Create a new layer and fill the later with black.
18. noun Set the layer mode to "color" this will make your image blak and white.
19. noun Without the ozone layer, we would be in danger.
20. noun This is a layer of soil that is permanently frozen, and in some places it's many feet deep.
21. noun This chart illustrates the function of ozone layer.
22. noun This debate about the future of the ozone layer has been mostly about profits and politics.
23. noun We should do more to protect the ozone layer from further damage.
24. noun The destruction of the ozone layer affects the environment.
25. noun The flood deposited a layer of mud.
26. noun Today the ozone layer is thinning.
27. noun When inserting the budwood into the root stock make the cambium layer overlap.
28. noun We call these slabs of the solid-rock layer 'plates'.
29. noun Remove the lower-most background layer.
30. noun It is impossible to burn a copy of Dante's Inferno because the ice of the ninth layer of hell will put out any fires kindled with earlier pages.
31. adj. A lay opinion as to the cause of the disease.
32. adj. The lay ministry.
33. adj. As religious people, clergy and lay leaders, we are mandated by faith to stand for justice in our common civic life.
34. adj. A dog jumped onto the chair and lay motionless for five minutes.
35. adj. A cat jumped onto the chair and lay motionless.
36. adj. You're pretty good with the lay of the land.
37. adj. She really is a good lay.
38. adj. It surprised me that platypus lay eggs.
39. adj. I'll try to get a lay of the land before I start contributing.
40. adj. To his eyes all seemed beautiful, but to me a tinge of melancholy lay upon the country-side, which bore so clearly the mark of the waning year.
41. adj. As when a snake, that through the winter's cold / lay swoln and hidden in the ground from sight, / gorged with rank herbs, forth issues to the light, / and sleek with shining youth and newly drest, / wreathing its slippery volumes, towers upright / and, glorying, to the sunbeam rears its breast, / and darts a three-forked tongue, and points a flaming crest.
42. adj. Flies lay eggs.
43. adj. So it came to pass in the evening, that quails coming up, covered the camp: and in the morning a dew lay round about the camp.
44. adj. Yanni shut the door and went lay on his bed.
45. adj. Everywhere lay bottles, seed husks, and other litter.
Sentence  
verb
Layer the different colored sands.
The thing to do is to bring the right clothing with you, clothes so you can layer up if it is cold and take off layers when it warms up.
Lay the books on the table.
Lay the patient carefully onto the bed.
This hen doesn't lay.
Lay a fire.
Lay the foundation for a new health care plan.
Lay a responsibility on someone.
According to former Indian army general A S Kalkat, the difficulty for Kumaratunga's government lay in the fact that the LTTE had become a de jure power in the north and east of the island and was running every aspect of civil administration in the areas within its control.
We used to go out and lay in the pasture on a blanket and watch for the space shuttle.
And then another call with all folks or a meeting at the jobsite to lay out the plan.
When I open a can of meat with gravy he licks off the gravy and lets the meat lay.
The two lay their eggs inside the cave you made for them.
Lay some knowledge on them dude.
She is crate trained, potty trained, and can sit, lay down, stay, come, fetch, and will even stay in a down position while I throw a treat across the floor or even right next to her paw, and she wont get it until I give her the command.
noun
Kaoshikii comes from the Sanskrit word 'kosa' meaning shell or layer of mind.
Create a new layer and fill the later with black.
Set the layer mode to "color" this will make your image blak and white.
Without the ozone layer, we would be in danger.
This is a layer of soil that is permanently frozen, and in some places it's many feet deep.
This chart illustrates the function of ozone layer.
This debate about the future of the ozone layer has been mostly about profits and politics.
We should do more to protect the ozone layer from further damage.
The destruction of the ozone layer affects the environment.
The flood deposited a layer of mud.
Today the ozone layer is thinning.
When inserting the budwood into the root stock make the cambium layer overlap.
We call these slabs of the solid-rock layer 'plates'.
Remove the lower-most background layer.
It is impossible to burn a copy of Dante's Inferno because the ice of the ninth layer of hell will put out any fires kindled with earlier pages.
adj.
A lay opinion as to the cause of the disease.
The lay ministry.
As religious people, clergy and lay leaders, we are mandated by faith to stand for justice in our common civic life.
A dog jumped onto the chair and lay motionless for five minutes.
A cat jumped onto the chair and lay motionless.
You're pretty good with the lay of the land.
She really is a good lay.
It surprised me that platypus lay eggs.
I'll try to get a lay of the land before I start contributing.
To his eyes all seemed beautiful, but to me a tinge of melancholy lay upon the country-side, which bore so clearly the mark of the waning year.
As when a snake, that through the winter's cold / lay swoln and hidden in the ground from sight, / gorged with rank herbs, forth issues to the light, / and sleek with shining youth and newly drest, / wreathing its slippery volumes, towers upright / and, glorying, to the sunbeam rears its breast, / and darts a three-forked tongue, and points a flaming crest.
Flies lay eggs.
So it came to pass in the evening, that quails coming up, covered the camp: and in the morning a dew lay round about the camp.
Yanni shut the door and went lay on his bed.
Everywhere lay bottles, seed husks, and other litter.
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