tissue as a noun: - 1
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as a verb: - 1
tissue
noun
1 tissue
Part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function.
Roget 50:
whole,
totality,
integrity;
totalness
etc.
adj.†;
entirety,
ensemble,
collectiveness†;
unity
etc.
87;
completeness
etc.
52;
indivisibility,
indiscerptibility†;
integration,
embodiment;
integer.
all,
the whole,
total,
aggregate,
one and all,
gross amount,
sum,
sum total,
tout ensemble,
length and breadth of,
Alpha and Omega,
be all and end all;"
complex,
complexus†;
lock stock and barrel.
bulk,
mass,
lump,
tissue,
staple,
body,
compages†;
trunk,
torso,
bole,
hull,
hulk,
skeleton greater part,
major part,
best part,
principal part,
main part;
essential part
etc.
(importance)
642;
lion's share,
Benjamin's mess;
the long and the short;
nearly,
all,
almost all.
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Roget 72:
assemblage;
collection,
collocation,
colligation†;
compilation,
levy,
gathering,
ingathering,
muster,
attroupement†;
team;
concourse,
conflux†,
congregation,
contesseration†,
convergence
etc.
290;
meeting,
levee,
reunion,
drawing room,
at home;
conversazione [It]
etc.
(social gathering)
892;
assembly,
congress;
convention,
conventicle;
gemote†;
conclave
etc.
(council)
696;
posse,
posse comitatus [Lat.];
Noah's ark.
miscellany,
collectanea†;
museum,
menagerie
etc.
(store)
636;
museology†.
crowd,
throng,
group;
flood,
rush,
deluge;
rabble,
mob,
press,
crush,
cohue†,
horde,
body,
tribe;
crew,
gang,
knot,
squad,
band,
party;
swarm,
shoal,
school,
covey,
flock,
herd,
drove;
atajo†;
bunch,
drive,
force,
mulada [U.S.];
remuda†;
roundup [U.S.];
array,
bevy,
galaxy;
corps,
company,
troop,
troupe,
task force;
army,
regiment
etc.
(combatants)
726;
host
etc.
(multitude)
102;
populousness.
clan,
brotherhood,
fraternity,
sorority,
association
etc.
(party)
712.
volley,
shower,
storm,
cloud.
group,
cluster,
Pleiades,
clump,
pencil;
set,
batch,
lot,
pack;
budget,
assortment,
bunch;
parcel;
packet,
package;
bundle,
fascine†,
fasces†,
bale;
seron†,
seroon†;
fagot,
wisp,
truss,
tuft;
shock,
rick,
fardel†,
stack,
sheaf,
haycock†;
fascicle,
fascicule†,
fasciculus [Lat.],
gavel,
hattock†,
stook†.
accumulation
etc.
(store)
636;
congeries,
heap,
lump,
pile,
rouleau†,
tissue,
mass,
pyramid;
bing†;
drift;
snowball,
snowdrift;
acervation†,
cumulation;
glomeration†,
agglomeration;
conglobation†;
conglomeration,
conglomerate;
coacervate [Chem],
coacervation [Chem],
coagmentation†,
aggregation,
concentration,
congestion,
omnium gaterum [Lat.],
spicilegium†,
black hole of Calcutta;
quantity
etc.
(greatness)
31.
collector,
gatherer;
whip,
whipper in.
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Roget 219:
crossing
etc.
v.;
intersection,
interdigitation;
decussation†,
transversion†;
convolution
etc.
248;
level crossing.
reticulation,
network;
inosculation†,
anastomosis,
intertexture†,
mortise.
net,
plexus,
web,
mesh,
twill,
skein,
sleeve,
felt,
lace;
wicker;
mat,
matting;
plait,
trellis,
wattle,
lattice,
grating,
grille,
gridiron,
tracery,
fretwork,
filigree,
reticle;
tissue,
netting,
mokes†;
rivulation†.
cross,
chain,
wreath,
braid,
cat's cradle,
knot;
entangle
etc.
(disorder)
59.
[woven fabrics]
cloth,
linen,
muslin,
cambric
etc.
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Roget 329:
structure
(form)
240,
organization,
anatomy,
frame,
mold,
fabric,
construction;
framework,
carcass,
architecture;
stratification,
cleavage.
substance,
stuff,
compages†,
parenchyma [Biol.];
constitution,
staple,
organism.
[Science of structures]
organography†,
osteology,
myology,
splanchnology†,
neurology,
angiography†,
adeology†;
angiography†,
adenography†.
texture,
surface texture;
intertexture†,
contexture†;
tissue,
grain,
web,
surface;
warp and woof,
warp and weft;
tooth,
nap
etc.
(roughness)
256;
flatness
(smoothness)
255;
fineness of grain;
coarseness of grain,
dry goods.
silk,
satin;
muslin,
burlap.
[Science of textures]
histology.
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Dutch: celweefsel, weefsel
Polish: tkanka
2 tissue
A soft thin (usually translucent) paper.
synonym: tissue paper.
Dutch: weefsel, keukenpapier, zijdepapier
Polish: bibuĊa
verb
1 tissue
Create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton:
— Tissue textiles.
synonym: weave.
Dutch: weven
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