texture
UK /ˈtɛkst͡ʃə(ɹ)/ · US /ˈtɛkst͡ʃɚ/ noun, verb, adjective
Forms textures texturing textured
- noun The feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. of something. “The beans had a grainy, gritty texture in her mouth.”
- noun (art) The quality given to a work of art by the composition and interaction of its parts. “The piece of music had a mainly homophonic texture.”
- noun (computer graphics) An image applied to a polygon to create the appearance of a surface.
- noun (obsolete) The act or art of weaving.
- noun (obsolete) Something woven; a woven fabric; a web.
- noun (biology, obsolete) A tissue.
- verb To create or apply a texture. “Drag the trowel through the plaster to texture the wall.”
- adjective (slang) Having an intense texture; with a texture that causes a strong (often positive) reaction.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French texture, borrowed from Latin textūra (“a weaving, web, texture, structure”), from textus, past participle of texere (“to weave”). See text. Doublet of tessitura.
Webster’s 1913
- noun The act or art of weaving. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
- noun That which woven; a woven fabric; a web. Milton.
- verb To form a texture of or with; to interweave. [R.]
Etymology [L. textura, fr. texere, textum, to weave: cf. F. texture. See Text.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “texture”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details