Meaning of tissue | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Thin, woven, gauze-like fabric.
   countable, uncountable
2. A large collection of similar cells that together perform a specific function in an organism. The organs of the body and the parts of a plant are composed of many different kinds of tissues.
3. A fine transparent silk material, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures.
   countable, uncountable
4. An interwoven or interrelated number of things:network, web.
5. A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief.
   countable, uncountable
6. very thin paper, used for packing, wrapping etc. sneespapier وَرَق ناعِم тънка мека хартия за опаковка papel de seda hedvábný papír das Seidenpapier silkepapir λεπτό χαρτί, τσιγαρόχαρτο papel de seda siidpaber کاغذ نازک silkkipaperi papier de soie נְייָר דַק וְרַך पतला कागज, मुलायम कागज svileni papir, papir za umatanje selyempapír kertas tipis silkipappír carta velina 薄葉紙 박엽지(薄葉紙), 티슈 페이퍼 šilkinis/rūkomasis popierius zīdpapīrs kertas tisu vloeipapiersilkepapir bibułka papel de seda hârtie de ...
   etc
7. Absorbent paper as material.
   countable, uncountable
8. tejido, grupo de células similares de función determinada unidas por una sustancia intercelular que actúan conjuntamente. .
9. A group of cells (along with their extracellular matrix if any) that are similar in origin and function together to do a specific job.
   countable, uncountable
10. A fine, very thin fabric, such as gauze.
11. Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series.
    countable, uncountable
12. Tissue paper.
13. The scratch sheet or racing form.
    countable, slang, uncountable
14. A soft, absorbent piece of paper used as toilet paper, a handkerchief, or a towel.
15. An interwoven or interrelated number of things; a web; a network: "The text is a tissue of mocking echoes" (Richard M. Kain).
16. Biology An aggregation of morphologically similar cells and associated intercellular matter acting together to perform one or more specific functions in an organism. There are four basic types of tissue in many animals: muscle, nerve, epidermal, and connective.
    Biology
17. (Biology) a part of an organism consisting of a large number of cells having a similar structure and function: connective tissue; nerve tissue.

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Examples

“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.”

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

“In their glittering tissues bear emblazed / Holy memorials.”

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

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

“a tissue of forgeries, or of lies”

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

“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.”

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