texturizev.
/ˈtɛkstjʊərʌɪz/ transitive. To impart a particular texture to (fabrics or food). Also figurative. Chiefly in ppl. adj.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > [verb (transitive)] > impart (a specified) texture to
engrain1593
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texturize1959
1959 Wall St. Jrnl. 20 Nov. 17/2 Allied Chemical Corp's ‘Caprolan’ filament nylon is offered to the carpet industry, too. But to achieve the bulkiness of spun yarns, carpet mills have to have ‘Caprolan’ filament yarn ‘texturized’, or bulked.
Derivatives
ˈtexturized adj.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > [adjective] > of or relating to texture > having texture imparted
texturized1958
1958 Times 26 June 15/3 We have..entered the texturized yarn field with ‘Ban-Lon’.
1976 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 124 579/1 A great deal of work has been done on converting soyabeans and other high-energy substrates (even oil feedstock) into proteinaceous material that can be spun, like nylon, and given a texture like that of lean meat. This ‘Texturized Vegetable Protein’ (TVP) has been successfully promoted and seems likely to have a growing impact on the food market.
1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Feb. 166/1 This selfconsciousness distinguishes the whole show from the chunks of fictionalized, texturized social history (which are to drama as TVP to steak) the BBC now seems so casually expert with.
ˈtexturizing n.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > [noun] > texture > giving texture to something
texturing1960
texturizing1969
1969 Daily Tel. 24 July 3/2 This involves the design and manufacture of machinery for yarn texturising and the production of texturised yarns, hosiery and knitwear.
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