n. & v.
--n.
1. the feel or appearance of a surface or substance.
2 the arrangement of threads etc. in textile fabric.
3 the arrangement of small constituent parts.
4 Art the representation of the structure and detail of objects.
5 Mus. the quality of sound formed by combining parts.
6 the quality of a piece of writing, esp. with reference to imagery, alliteration, etc.
7 quality or style resulting from composition (the texture of her life).
--v.tr. (usu. as textured adj.) provide with a texture.
Derivatives:
textural adj. texturally adv. textureless adj.
Etymology: ME f. L textura weaving (as TEXT)