tissue
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈtɪʃu/
- I have tissues if you want tissues.
- tissue paper
- a tissue box
- toilet tissue
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Watch on YouTubeBoxers, pair of socks, crumbled up tissue at the base of your computer.
- Boxers, pair of socks, crumbled up tissue at the base of your computer.
- So just grab a tissue, normal tissue and a sponge, wrap the tissue around the sponge.
- These are the makeup cleansing tissues from Absolute a Absolute.
- I almost used all of your tissues 'cause I couldn't apply to pressure.
- When you get to the letters have a tissue box.
- But if you had tissue, you could assure and just.
- Oh, I also got these Kleenex because they're adorable tissue, not Kleenex tissue.
Examples
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Do you need me to get you a tissue?
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I just need a tissue or something.
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Can I have a tissue, please?
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Do you want a tissue?
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I'm going to get a fresh tissue, nice and clean.
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I grabbed the tissue box and handed it to her.
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Have a tissue?
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On top of the nightstand is a box of tissues and a bottle of nasal spray.
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She reached for a tissue to wipe her nose during the cold winter day.
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Can you pass me a tissue? I need to clean up this spill.
Synonyms
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1.7
A soft paper tissue for wiping your nose or face
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1.0
A very thin, soft paper used to wrap gifts or to blow your nose
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2.0
A soft paper for wiping the face or nose
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.3
Tissue that supports and joins parts of the body like tendons and ligaments
- Specialized
4
3.7
A part of the body that stores fat for energy and helps keep you warm
- Specialized
2
4.5
Testing whether a donor's tissue will match the person receiving a transplant
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2
4.2
A mass of fibers that supports and connects body parts in animals or plants
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2
4.5
A group of cells that carry messages between the brain, spinal cord, and body
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1
4.2
Tissue made of cells that send signals through the body to control movement and feeling
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1
5.8
Tissue in parts of the body like tonsils and spleen that helps fight infection
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4.2
Group of cells that help the body fight infection, often in the tonsils and small glands
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4.6
Tissue made of stretchy fibers that helps skin and blood vessels return to shape
- Specialized
1
2.9
Tissue made of muscle cells that makes the body move and produce force
- Specialized
1
5.3
Tissue in the body that becomes firm and larger when filled with blood, for example in the penis or clitoris
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1
4.2
A thin sheet of cells that covers and joins parts of plants and animals
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1
7.4
Soft material between the cells inside an organ that helps support it
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1
5.6
Muscle that has visible light and dark bands, like heart and arm muscles
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1
4.5
A medicine that breaks up blood clots to treat heart attacks and strokes
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1
6.4
New soft red tissue with small blood vessels that forms on a healing wound
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1
4.3
A thin layer of cells that covers body surfaces and lines internal organs and cavities
- Specialized
1
4.1
Tissue in plants that moves water and nutrients from roots to leaves
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1
4.6
Tissue with a network of blood vessels used to restore blood flow to damaged body parts
- Specialized
Loose soft layer under the skin that supports organs, cushions them, and connects skin to muscles
- Specialized
A network of special heart fibers that carry electrical signals to make the lower heart chambers beat
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Tissue originally named a woven cloth, from an old French word tissu and Latin texere 'to weave'. Because the soft paper feels like a thin cloth, the name came to be used for the paper we use to wipe or wrap things.