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. textural adj. texturally adv. textureless adj.
[ ME f. L textura weaving (as TEXT) ]