Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cloth, especially one manufactured by weaving or knitting; a fabric.
- noun Fiber or yarn for weaving or knitting into cloth.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to weaving: as, the textile art.
- Woven, or capable of being woven; formed by weaving: as, textile fabrics; textile materials, such as wool, flax, silk, cotton.
- noun A woven fabric.
- noun A material suitable for weaving into a textile fabric: as, hemp and other textiles.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; ; woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving.
- adjective (Zoöl.) a beautiful cone shell (
Conus textilis ) in which the colors are arranged so that they resemble certain kinds of cloth. - noun That which is, or may be, woven; a fabric made by weaving.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun usually plural
Cloth produced from afabric . - noun naturism a non-
nudist - adjective naturism
clothing compulsive .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
- adjective of or relating to fabrics or fabric making
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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HOLLINGS: Not only high-tech, important jobs, what you call a textile job.
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I don't know whether the producers coerced him or not (more on this later), but Mondo tells us the story: The textile is based on a plus sign that represents his HIV positive status.
Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 10 Recap: The Fabric of Their Lives Una LaMarche 2010
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It might be supposed that technical advances in textile manufacture and dye technology would have resulted in greater innovation in kit design.
Archive 2009-08-01 Azmie aka switch image 2009
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Covered in textile, the steel frame is upholstered with elastic material which effortlessly stretches when the height of the seated or standing position is adjusted.
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It might be supposed that technical advances in textile manufacture and dye technology would have resulted in greater innovation in kit design.
Retro Chelsea FC 1966 to 1968 team kits Azmie aka switch image 2009
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I don't know whether the producers coerced him or not (more on this later), but Mondo tells us the story: The textile is based on a plus sign that represents his HIV positive status.
Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 10 Recap: The Fabric of Their Lives Una LaMarche 2010
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I'm much more comfortable wallowing around the bush in textile I don't have to protect.
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I don't know whether the producers coerced him or not (more on this later), but Mondo tells us the story: The textile is based on a plus sign that represents his HIV positive status.
Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 10 Recap: The Fabric of Their Lives Una LaMarche 2010
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I'm much more comfortable wallowing around the bush in textile I don't have to protect.
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The plan is to include approximately 275 images from knitters [and crocheters] around the world that represent unique interactions with our urban environments, innovation in textile design, and an overall sense of integration between art and craft.
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I’ve run a handful of Pretzel City’s clothed (or as naked runners call them, “textile”) races, but the nude events never appealed to me, not when there were a zillion other races to run.
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Lupin’s likely transformation comes at a time when several California nudist destinations, from Olive Dell Ranch to DeAnza Springs, are “going textile”, as members of the community call it when a property that was once clothing-free returns to banning nudity.
A Silicon Valley nudist resort is on sale for $30m – but will its new owner ‘go textile’? Lois Beckett 2024
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