tissue
Syllables: tis·sue/ˈtɪs.juː//ˈtɪʃ.(j)u/
tissue noun: thin, woven, gauzelike fabric.
Noun
tissue (countable and uncountable, plural tissues)
- Thin, woven, gauzelike fabric.
- 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...1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 65–66
- 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.1963, Margery Allingham, The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 214
- A fine transparent silk material, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures.
- A Robe of Tiſſue, ſtiff with golden Wire; / An upper Veſt, once Hellen’s rich Attire; [...]1697, Virgil, “The First Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 228, lines...
- In their glittering tissues bear emblazed / Holy memorials.1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
- A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief.
- Absorbent paper as material.
- A group of cells (along with their extracellular matrix if any) that are similar in origin and function together to perform a specific job.
- What they lack is outermost brain tissue that, at least in humans, prompts awareness and interpretation.2014, Robert K. Bolger, Scott Korb, Gesturing Toward Reality: David Foster Wallace and Philosophy
- Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series.
- a tissue of forgeries, or of lies
- unwilling to leave the dry bones of Agnosticism wholly unclothed with any living tissue of religious emotion1888, A. J. Balfour, The Religion of Humanity
- The scratch sheet or racing form.
- Lenehan came ourt of the inner office with Sport's tissues. —Who wants a dead cert for the Gold cup? he asked.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 7: Aeolus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 123
- 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.2016, Gerald Hammond, The Language of Horse Racing
- A cigarette paper.
- Anything that is light, thin, and delicate.
Verb
tissue (third-person singular simple present tissues, present participle tissuing, simple past and past participle tissued)
- To form tissue of; to interweave.
- The Chariot was couered with Cloth of Gold tiſſued vpon blew.1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “New Atlantis. A Worke Vnfinished.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn]...
- To have the contents of an injection or intravenous drip leak into the tissue as a result of a ruptured or punctured vein.
tissue meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
tissue in Hindi
- aggregation of cells
- ऊतक ūtak
tissue in Tamil
- sheet of absorbent paper
- மெல்லிழுப்புத்தாள் melliḻupputtāḷ
- aggregation of cells
- இழையம் iḻaiyam, திசு ticu
tissue in Marathi
- aggregation of cells
- ऊती ūtī
tissue in Urdu
- aggregation of cells
- بَافْت bāft, عَضْلَہ 'azla, نَسِیج nasīj, ریشَہ reśa
More languagesFewer languages
- tissue in Bengali
- কলা kola
- tissue in Telugu
- కణజాలము kaṇajālamu, జీవకణజాలము jīvakaṇajālamu
- tissue in Malayalam
- കോശജാലം, അതിനേർമ്മപട്ട്
- tissue in Kannada
- ನವುರು ಬಟ್ಟೆ, ನಯವಾದ ಬಟ್ಟೆ, ನಯವಾದ ಕಾಗದ, ಹೀರುಹಾಳೆ
- tissue in Punjabi
- ਟਿਸ਼ੂ, ਟਿੱਸ਼ੂ
- tissue in Gujarati
- ટીશ્યુ, પેશી
- tissue in Odia
- ଟିସ୍ଯ଼ୁ, ଟିଶ୍ଯ଼ୁ
- tissue in Sanskrit
- ऊति ūtí
- tissue in Assamese
- কলা kola
- tissue in Nepali
- टिश्यु, ऊतक, टिश्यू
- tissue in Tagalog
- sihayan
- tissue in Arabic
- مَنْدِيل mandīl, مِنْدِيل mindīl, نَسِيج حَيَوِيّ nasīj ḥayawiyy
- tissue in Malay
- tisu
- tissue in Indonesian
- tisu, serbet, tisu toilet, saputangan
- tissue in Persian
- دستمال dastmâl, بافت bâft
- tissue in Thai
- ทิชชู่ tít-chûu, เนื้อเยื่อ nʉ́ʉa-yʉ̂ʉa
- tissue in Vietnamese
- khăn giấy, mô
Examples of tissue in a sentence
- The testa develops from the tissue, the integument, originally surrounding the ovule.
- After it had healed, the scar tissue stood proud of his flesh.
- Usually gangrene will follow necrosis unless the dead tissue is resected.
Forms of tissue
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | tissues |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | tissues |
| present participle | tissuing |
| past participle | tissued |
| past | tissued |
Origin of tissue
From Middle English tissu, from Old French tissu (“woven”), past participle of tistre (“to weave”), from Latin texō (“to weave”).
Words formed from tissue
- adipose tissue
- antitissue
- bathroom tissue
- bath tissue
- biotissue
- bone tissue
- cloth of tissue
- conjunctive tissue
- connective tissue
- deep tissue
- epithelial tissue
- facial tissue
- granulation tissue
- ground tissue
- intertissue
- intratissue
- Japanese tissue
- living tissue
- macrotissue
- mesenchymal tissue
- microtissue
- mixed connective tissue disease
- multitissue
- neotissue
- nervous tissue
- nontissue
- osseous tissue
- palisade tissue
- scar tissue
- soft tissue
- subtissue
- tissual
- tissue committee
- tissue culture
- tissue engineering
- tissue equivalent material
- tissue factor
- tissueless
- tissuelike
- tissue paper
- tissue typing
- tissuey
- toilet tissue
- vascular tissue
Phrases with tissue
Questions about tissue
- What does tissue mean?
- Tissue means thin, woven, gauzelike fabric.
- What is tissue in Hindi?
- Tissue in Hindi is ऊतक (ūtak). See Tissue meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is tissue?
- Tissue can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce tissue?
- Tissue is pronounced /ˈtɪs.juː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of tissue?
- The plural of tissue is tissues.
Words near tissue in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tissue (page history and authors); কলা (Bengali) (page history and authors); కణజాలము (Telugu) (page history and authors); tissue (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tissue (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tissue (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tissue (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tissue (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ऊति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); কলা (Assamese) (page history and authors); tissue (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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