See Also: syncopation(dictionary)
syncopation(dictionary)
layer(2)(dictionary)
layer(1)(dictionary)
a layer(medicine)
still layer(medicine)
e-layer(medicine)
S layer(medicine)
Layer(medicine)
feeder layer(medicine)

layer 2, verb (oh) and syncopation (iou)


layer 2, verb (oh)



2 v [T]
to make a layer of something or put something down in layers
::Layer the raw sliced Vegetables in a shallow Baking dish.
to cut someone's hair so that the hair on top is in shorter lengths than the lower hair
::I have layered, shoulder-length brown hair.

syncopation (iou)



syncopation noun. M16.
[medieval Latin syncopatio(n-), formed as SYNCOPATE: see -ATION.]
Grammar & Prosody. = SYNCOPE noun 2. Also, alteration of normal stress to fit a poetic metre. M16.
Music. The displacement of the beats or accents in a passage so that strong beats become weak or vice versa; the shifting of beat so produced; a syncopated rhythm. L16.
b. Music characterized by a syncopated rhythm; spec. Dance Music influenced by ragtime. E20.