layering

noun

1. the wearing of lightweight or unconstructed garments one upon the other, as to create a fashionable ensemble or to provide warmth without undue bulkiness or heaviness.
2. Tailoring. the trimming of multiple layers of fabric at the seam allowance of a garment so as to prevent a ridge on the face of the garment when the seam is sewn.
3. Horticulture. Also lay·er·age [ley-er-ij] /ˈleɪ ər ɪdʒ/. a method of propagating plants by causing their shoots to take root while still attached to the parent plant.

noun

1. a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface: a layer of soot on the window sill; two layers of paint.
2. bed; stratum: alternating layers of basalt and sandstone.
3. a person or thing that lays: a carpet layer.
4. a hen kept for egg production.
5. one of several items of clothing worn one on top of the other.
6. Horticulture.
   1. a shoot or twig that is induced to root while still attached to the living stock, as by bending and covering with soil.
   2. a plant so propagated.
7. Ropemaking. a machine for laying rope or cable.

verb (used with object)

8. to make a layer of.
9. to form or arrange in layers.
10. to arrange or wear (clothing) in layers: You can layer this vest over a blouse or sweater.
11. Horticulture. to propagate by layering.

verb (used without object)

12. to separate into or form layers.
13. (of a garment) to permit of wearing in layers; be used in layering: Frilly blouses don’t layer well.

noun

1. horticulture a method of propagation that induces a shoot or branch to take root while it is still attached to the parent plant
2. geology the banded appearance of certain igneous and metamorphic rocks, each band being of a different mineral composition

noun

1. a thickness of some homogeneous substance, such as a stratum or a coating on a surface
2. one of four or more levels of vegetation defined in ecological studies: the ground or moss layer, the field or herb layer, the shrub layer, and one or more tree layers
3. a laying hen
4. horticulture
   1. a shoot or branch rooted during layering
   2. a plant produced as a result of layering

verb

5. to form or make a layer of (something)
6. to take root or cause to take root by layering

v.1832, from layer (n.). Related: Layered; layering. n.late 14c., “one who or that lays” (especially stones, “a mason”), agent noun from lay (v.). Passive sense of “that which is laid over a surface” first recorded 1610s, but because earliest English use was in cookery, this is perhaps from French liue “binding,” used of a thickened sauce. Layer cake attested from 1881. n.

1. A single thickness of a material covering a surface or forming an overlying part or segment.

v.

1. To divide or form into layers.