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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Tissue \Tis"sue\, n. [F. tissu, fr. tissu, p. p. of tisser,
     tistre, to weave, fr. L. texere. See Text.]
     1. A woven fabric.
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     2. A fine transparent silk stuff, used for veils, etc.;
        specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver
        threads, or embossed with figures.
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              A robe of tissue, stiff with golden wire. --Dryden.
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              In their glittering tissues bear emblazed
              Holy memorials.                       --Milton.
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     3. (Biol.) One of the elementary materials or fibres, having
        a uniform structure and a specialized function, of which
        ordinary animals and plants are composed; a texture; as,
        epithelial tissue; connective tissue.
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     Note: The term tissue is also often applied in a wider sense
           to all the materials or elementary tissues, differing
           in structure and function, which go to make up an
           organ; as, vascular tissue, tegumentary tissue, etc.
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     4. Fig.: Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected
        series; as, a tissue of forgeries, or of falsehood.
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              Unwilling to leave the dry bones of Agnosticism
              wholly unclothed with any living tissue of religious
              emotion.                              --A. J.
                                                    Balfour.
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     Tissue paper, very thin, gauzelike paper, used for
        protecting engravings in books, for wrapping up delicate
        articles, etc.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Tissue \Tis"sue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tissued; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Tissuing.]
     To form tissue of; to interweave.
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           Covered with cloth of gold tissued upon blue. --Bacon.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Tissue \Tis"sue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tissued; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Tissuing.]
     To form tissue of; to interweave.
  
           Covered with cloth of gold tissued upon blue. --Bacon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Tissue \Tis"sue\, n. [F. tissu, fr. tissu, p. p. of tisser,
     tistre, to weave, fr. L. texere. See Text.]
     1. A woven fabric.
  
     2. A fine transparent silk stuff, used for veils, etc.;
        specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver
        threads, or embossed with figures.
  
              A robe of tissue, stiff with golden wire. --Dryden.
  
              In their glittering tissues bear emblazed Holy
              memorials.                            --Milton.
  
     3. (Biol.) One of the elementary materials or fibres, having
        a uniform structure and a specialized function, of which
        ordinary animals and plants are composed; a texture; as,
        epithelial tissue; connective tissue.
  
     Note: The term tissue is also often applied in a wider sense
           to all the materials or elementary tissues, differing
           in structure and function, which go to make up an
           organ; as, vascular tissue, tegumentary tissue, etc.
  
     4. Fig.: Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected
        series; as, a tissue of forgeries, or of falsehood.
  
              Unwilling to leave the dry bones of Agnosticism
              wholly unclothed with any living tissue of religious
              emotion.                              --A. J.
                                                    Balfour.
  
     Tissue paper, very thin, gauzelike paper, used for
        protecting engravings in books, for wrapping up delicate
        articles, etc.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  tissue
       n 1: a part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells
            having a similar structure and function
       2: a soft thin (usually translucent) paper [syn: tissue paper]
       v : create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric,
           such as wool or cotton; "tissue textiles" [syn: weave]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  tissue
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 το ύφασμα
     2 το χαρτομάντιλο
     3 (ετ ανατ en) ο ιστός

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  tissue
     n.
     1 thin#Adjective, woven#Adjective, gauze-like fabric.
     2 A fine transparent silk material, used for veils, etc.;
  specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed
  with figures.
     3 A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used
  as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief.
     4 Absorbent paper as material.
     5 (lb en biology) A group of cells (along with their (l en
  extracellular matrix) if any) that are similar in origin and function
  together to do a specific job.
     vb.
     To form#Verb tissue#Noun of; to interweave#Verb.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  tissue
     n.
     1 thin#Adjective, woven#Adjective, gauze-like fabric.
     2 A fine transparent silk material, used for veils, etc.;
  specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed
  with figures.
     3 A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used
  as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief.
     4 Absorbent paper as material.
     5 (lb en biology) A group of cells (along with their (l en
  extracellular matrix) if any) that are similar in origin and function
  together to do a specific job.
     vb.
     To form#Verb tissue#Noun of; to interweave#Verb.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  tissue
     n.
     1 thin#Adjective, woven#Adjective, gauze-like fabric.
     2 A fine transparent silk material, used for veils, etc.;
  specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed
  with figures.
     3 A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used
  as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief.
     4 Absorbent paper as material.
     5 (lb en biology) A group of cells (along with their (l en
  extracellular matrix) if any) that are similar in origin and function
  together to do a specific job.
     vb.
     To form#Verb tissue#Noun of; to interweave#Verb.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  tissue
     n.
     1 thin#Adjective, woven#Adjective, gauze-like fabric.
     2 A fine transparent silk material, used for veils, etc.;
  specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed
  with figures.
     3 A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used
  as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief.
     4 Absorbent paper as material.
     5 (lb en biology) A group of cells (along with their (l en
  extracellular matrix) if any) that are similar in origin and function
  together to do a specific job.
     vb.
     To form#Verb tissue#Noun of; to interweave#Verb.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  tissue
     Englanti n.
     1 (''anatomia'') kudos
     2 (''kasvitiede'') solukko, kudos
     3 ''hienokudoksinen'' kangas, silkkiharso
     4 (''paperituote'') pehmopaperi
     5 (''paperituote'') kasvopaperi, kasvopyyhe; paperiliina,
  paperinenäliina; läpilyöntipaperi
     6 (''kuvaannollinen'') verkko

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  tissue
     Engelska n.
     (tagg medicin språk=en) vävnad

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Tissue /tˈɪʃuː/
  النسيج

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  tissue //ˈtɪ.sjuː// //ˈtɪʃu// 
  1. тъкан
  aggregation of cells
  2. воал
  fine, transparent silk material
  3. салфе́тка
  sheet of absorbent paper
  4. тънък мек плат, тъкан
  woven fabric