Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To form tissue of; to interweave.

  2. (informal)To have the contents of an injection or intravenous drip leak into the tissue as a result of a ruptured or punctured vein.

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

Examples

118 sentences

  1. Give me a tissue.

    Дай мені серветку. — deniko

    ruДай мне салфетку. — marafon

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  2. I need a tissue.

    Мені потрібен носовичок. — deniko

    deIch brauche ein Taschentuch. — bonny37

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  3. Can you hand me a tissue?

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  4. Let me get you a tissue.

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  5. Can you give me a tissue?

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Origin

From Middle English tissu, from Old French tissu (“woven”), past participle of tistre (“to

From Middle English tissu, from Old French tissu (“woven”), past participle of tistre (“to weave”), from Latin texō (“to weave”).

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Forms

tissues, tissuing, tissued, tissued
Base formtissue · to tissue
3rd person singulartissues
Present participletissuing
Past simpletissued
Past participletissued

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytissue
he, she, ittissues

Past simpleLesson

all personstissued

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave tissued
he, she, ithas tissued

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill tissue

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton:weave

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

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