1. layer - Noun
2. layer - Adjective
3. layer - Verb
4. Layer - Proper noun
One who, or that which, lays.
That which is laid; a stratum; a bed; one thickness, course, or fold laid over another; as, a layer of clay or of sand in the earth; a layer of bricks, or of plaster; the layers of an onion.
A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation.
An artificial oyster bed.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through. Alexis de Tocqueville
This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there's a layer of people who run everything. But we - we're just peasants. We don't understand what's going on, and we can't do anything. Doris Lessing
Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness. Werner Herzog
Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top. Edward Abbey
Shedding off one more layer of skin, Keeping one step ahead of the persecutor within. Bob Dylan
Layer by layer art strips life bare. Robert Musil