"texturize" meaning in English

See texturize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: texturizes [present, singular, third-person], texturizing [participle, present], texturized [participle, past], texturized [past]
Etymology: Etymology tree English texture Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English texturize From texture + -ize. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|texture|-ize|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English texture Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English texturize [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-id-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yéti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-idyéti", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-íďďō", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ῐ́ζω", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "-izō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "-iser", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-isen", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ize", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "texturize", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="texturize"> From texture + -ize. Head templates: {{en-verb}} texturize (third-person singular simple present texturizes, present participle texturizing, simple past and past participle texturized)
  1. (transitive) To apply a physical texture to. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-texturize-en-verb-L~U5bKTT Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 50 50
  2. (transitive, computer graphics) To apply a visual texture to. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-texturize-en-verb-oJPawxN2 Categories (other): Computer graphics, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 36 64 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 39 61 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 38 62 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 31 69 Topics: computer-graphics, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: texture Derived forms: retexturize, texturizable, texturizer, untexturized

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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