Definitions for tissue
ˈtɪʃ u; esp. Brit. ˈtɪs yutis·sue

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. tissuenoun

   part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function

2. tissue, tissue paperverb

   a soft thin (usually translucent) paper

3. weave, tissueverb

   create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton

   "tissue textiles"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. tissuenoun

   Thin, woven, gauze-like fabric.

2. tissuenoun

   A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief.

3. tissuenoun

   Absorbent paper as material.

4. tissuenoun

   A group of similar cells that function together to do a specific job

5. tissueverb

   To form tissue of; to interweave.

   Covered with cloth of gold tissued upon blue. uE00027296uE001 Francis Bacon.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tissuenoun

   Cloth interwoven with gold or silver.

   Etymology: tissue, Fr. tisan , to weave, Norman Saxon.

   In their glittering tissues emblaz’d
   Holy memorials, acts of zeal and love,
   Recorded eminent. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. v.

   A robe of tissue, stiff with golden wire;
   An upper vest, once Helen’s rich attire;
   From Argos by the fam’d adultress brought,
   With golden flow’rs and winding foliage wrought. Dryden.

2. To Tissueverb

   To interweave; to variegate.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   The chariot was covered with cloth of gold tissued upon blue. Francis Bacon, New Atlantis.

   They have been always frank of their blessings to countenance any great action; and then, according as it should prosper, to tissue upon it some pretence or other. Henry Wotton.

   Mercy will sit between,
   Thron’d in cœlestial sheen,
   With radiant feet the tissued clouds down steering. John Milton.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tissuenoun

   a woven fabric

2. Tissuenoun

   a fine transparent silk stuff, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures

3. Tissuenoun

   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

4. Tissuenoun

   fig.: Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series; as, a tissue of forgeries, or of falsehood

5. Tissueverb

   to form tissue of; to interweave

FreebaseRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tissue

   An anatomical structure consisting of similarly specialized cells and intercellular matrix, aggregated according to genetically determined spatial relationships, performing a specific function.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tissue

   tish′ū, n. cloth interwoven with gold or silver, or with figured colours: (anat.) the substance of which organs are composed: a connected series.—v.t. to form, as tissue: to interweave: to variegate.—n. Tis′sue-pā′per, a thin, soft, semi-transparent kind of paper. [Fr. tissu, woven, pa.p. of tistre—L. texĕre, to weave.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tissue

   A group of organisms that function together for a specific purpose in the body of an animal or human being.

   The muscle tissue functions together to move the leg.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 3, 2020  

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. TISSUE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Tissue is ranked #49461 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Tissue surname appeared 425 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Tissue.
   
   98.3% or 418 total occurrences were White.
   1.6% or 7 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Body Part
   • Create From Raw Material
   • Handicraft

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'tissue' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4431

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'tissue' in Nouns Frequency: #1424

Anagrams for tissue »

1. suites

How to pronounce tissue?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tissue in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tissue in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of tissue in a Sentence

1. Sorel Vorster:

   The first step is to make sure the permeation of the cerebellum tissue is connected to the symptoms that the patient is experiencing because sometimes people have this exact same permeation with no symptoms at all.

2. Dan Fogelman:

   Guilt Trip's not something I certainly set out to do, but again, like it means something is being done right, i think crying -- because Guilt Trip's funny to put tissue box emoji on things on Twitter -- Guilt Trip becomes like an overarching narrative, and I get Guilt Trip. Guilt Trip's actually Guilt Trip, but I think Guilt Trip almost can make the power of what we're trying to do feel a little bit smaller because it seems like,' Oh, he's just trying to make you cry.'.

3. Eric Brewer:

   Some big decisions come out of meetings between the President and foreign leaders that bear on policy direction, nSC staff are the connective tissue between the White House and interagency. So giving a readout of these calls and meetings to the interagency is critical to getting things done.

4. Azad Bonni:

   This should lead to faster and wider access to the target, we should see faster amyloid beta removal throughout the brain tissue. The unique access to the target is very exciting here.

5. Rachel Dardik:

   The tissue acts like sticky glue on different organs, and that can fix them in place, that lack of flexibility can make things hurt during sex.

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