Sekirov Dictionary

tissue

UK /ˈtɪs.juː/US /ˈtɪʃ.(j)u/

noun9

  1. Thin, woven, gauzelike fabric.
  2. A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief.
  3. Absorbent paper as material.
  4. the material that body parts such as skin and muscle are made of, formed from cells of one kind
  5. Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series.
  6. (figurative) Anything that is light, thin, and delicate.
  7. A fine transparent silk material, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures.
  8. (informal) A cigarette paper.
  9. (slang) The scratch sheet or racing form.

verb2

  1. (informal) To have the contents of an injection or intravenous drip leak into the tissue as a result of a ruptured or punctured vein.
  2. To form tissue of; to interweave.
forms

tissued · tissuing · tissues

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