tissue — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Thin, woven, gauzelike fabric.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

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   Madame Legarde, the "glass of fashion and the nurse of form," (alias the most fashionable of milliners,) has comfortably assured me, "that my figure has great merit, and only requires cultivation:" this is to be done by tissues, brocades, and laces, which are now scattered round me in charming confusion.

   The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue.

2. A fine transparent silk material, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   A Robe of Tiſſue, ſtiff with golden Wire; / An upper Veſt, once Hellen’s rich Attire; [...]

   In their glittering tissues bear emblazed / Holy memorials.

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   Corinius went on the right, wearing a rich cloak of sky-blue tissue over his shining armour.

3. A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief.

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   • Countable
   • Uncountable

4. Absorbent paper as material.

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   • Countable
   • Uncountable

5. A group of cells (along with their extracellular matrix if any) that are similar in origin and function together to perform a specific job.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   What they lack is outermost brain tissue that, at least in humans, prompts awareness and interpretation.

6. Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   a tissue of forgeries, or of lies

   unwilling to leave the dry bones of Agnosticism wholly unclothed with any living tissue of religious emotion

7. The scratch sheet or racing form.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Slang
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   Lenehan came ourt of the inner office with Sport's tissues. —Who wants a dead cert for the Gold cup? he asked.

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   Pricing the first show is a matter of the bookmaker's individual judgment, relying upon advice from all quarters, particularly the tissue; but very soon in the betting exchanges it becomes clear that the sole criterion for the fixing of a horse's price is demand.

8. A cigarette paper.

   Usage

   • Tasmania
   • Countable
   • Informal
   • Uncountable

9. Anything that is light, thin, and delicate.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Figurative
   • Uncountable

Verb

1. To form tissue of; to interweave.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   The Chariot was couered with Cloth of Gold tiſſued vpon blew.

2. To have the contents of an injection or intravenous drip leak into the tissue as a result of a ruptured or punctured vein.

   Usage

   • Informal

Noun

1. part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function

   Broader terms

   body part

2. a soft thin (usually translucent) paper

   Synonyms

   tissue paper

   Broader terms

   paper

Verb

1. create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton

   Synonyms

   weave

   Broader terms

   create from raw materialcreate from raw stuff

   Examples

   tissue textiles