layer English
Noun
( en noun)
A single thickness of some material covering a surface.
- Wrap the loaf in two layers of aluminum foil before putting it in the oven.
- After the first coat of paint dried, he applied another layer .
# An item of clothing worn under or over another.
- It's cold now but it will warm up this afternoon. Make sure you wear layers .
A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum.
- I find seven-layer cake a bit too rich.
A person who lays things, such as tiles.
A mature female bird, insect, etc. that is able to lay eggs.
- When dealing with an infestation of headlice, the first step is to eliminate the layers .
A hen kept to lay eggs.
A shoot of a plant, laid underground for growth.
Synonyms
* (stratum) stratum
Derived terms
* boundary layer
* ozone layer
Verb
( en verb)
(ambitransitive) to cut or divide (something) into layers
(ambitransitive) to arrange (something) in layers.
- Layer the ribbons on top of one another to make an attractive pattern.
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put Etymology 1
From (etyl) putten, puten, poten, from (etyl) .
Verb
To place something somewhere.
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To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition.
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(finance) To exercise a put option.
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To express something in a certain manner.
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* Hare
- All this is ingeniously and ably put .
(athletics) To throw a heavy iron ball, as a sport.
To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
* (John Dryden)
- His fury thus appeased, he puts to land.
To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
To attach or attribute; to assign.
- to put a wrong construction on an act or expression
(obsolete) To lay down; to give up; to surrender.
* Wyclif Bible, John xv. 13
- No man hath more love than this, that a man put his life for his friends.
To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.
- to put''' a question; to '''put a case
* Berkeley
- Put' the perception and you ' put the mind.
* Milton
- These verses, originally Greek, were put in Latin.
(obsolete) To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
* Jonathan Swift
- These wretches put us upon all mischief.
* Sir Walter Scott
- Put me not to use the carnal weapon in my own defence.
* Milton
- Thank him who puts me, loath, to this revenge.
(mining) To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway.
- (Raymond)
Derived terms
* put about
* put across
* put aside
* put away
* put back
* put by
* put down
* put end
* put forth
* put forward
* put in
* put in place
* put in practice
* put into
* put off
* put on
* put on airs
* put on a pedestal
* put one over
* put one's cards on the table
* put one's house in order
* put one's money where one's mouth is
* put one's name in the hat
* put out
* put out feelers
* put over
* put paid to
* put someone in mind of
* put through
* put to
* put together
* put to rest
* put two and two together
* put under
* put up
* put up with
* put upon
* put with
* put wise
* put words in someone's mouth
* putable
* puttable
* input
* output
See also
putten
Noun
( en noun)
(business) A right to sell something at a predetermined price.
(finance) A contract to sell a security at a set price on or before a certain date.
- He bought a January '08 put for Procter and Gamble at 80 to hedge his bet.
* Johnson's Cyc.
- A put and a call may be combined in one instrument, the holder of which may either buy or sell as he chooses at the fixed price.
The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push.
- the put of a ball
* L'Estrange
- The stag's was a forc'd put , and a chance rather than a choice.
An old card game.
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See also
* (Stock option)
* call
* option
Etymology 2
Origin unknown. Perhaps related to (etyl) pwt.
Noun
( en noun)
(obsolete) An idiot; a foolish person.
* Bramston
- Queer country puts extol Queen Bess's reign.
* F. Harrison
- What droll puts the citizens seem in it all.
* 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 244:
- The old put wanted to make a parson of me, but d—n me, thinks I to myself, I'll nick you there, old cull; the devil a smack of your nonsense shall you ever get into me.
Etymology 3
(etyl) pute.
Noun
( en noun)
(obsolete) A prostitute.
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