tissueyadj.
/ˈtɪsjuːi//ˈtɪʃ(j)uːi/ Having the quality or texture of tissue.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > thickness > thinness > [adjective] > very thin
fine-drawn1840
waferish1866
tissuey1867
wafery1880
wafer-thina1911
paper-thin1929
micro-thin1945
skin-thin1946
1867 G. Meredith Vittoria III. xlii. 196 Letting her..crumble the black tissuey fragments to smut in her hands.
1965 P. Wylie They both were Naked i. i. 4 I could see that overcast less than a hundred feet above..its tissuey substance was rolling and boiling.
1974 J. Heller Something Happened 210 The..silken feel of the tissuey things between her legs the first time she let me touch her there.
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adj.1867- to bend a person's ear occasionally ears
- to bend a rope
- to bend a sail
- to bend or direct one's steps
- to bend or draw a bow
- to bend or lean over backwards
- to bend or lean over backwardss
- to bend out of shape
- to bend over
- to bend the brows
- to bend the cable
- to bend the elbow
- to bend the head or face
- to bend the rules
- to bend to one's bow
- to bend, bow, drop, fold, put the knee
- to bring the cable to the capstan
- to bring their heads together
- to bring through
- to bring till even
- to bring to
- to bring to a bearing
- to bring to a focus
- to bring to a head
- to bring to a morsel