texturize

American  

[teks-chuh-rahyz] / ˈtɛks tʃəˌraɪz /

especially British, texturise

verb (used with object)

texturized, texturizing

1. to give texture or a particular texture to.

   texturized yarn.

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Other Word Forms

• texturizer
  noun

Etymology

Origin of texturize

First recorded in 1945–50; texture + -ize

Example Sentences

Finally, the scientists texturize the meat by mixing, heating or shearing it—GOOD Meat uses an extruder—and press it into nugget or cutlet shape.

From Scientific American • Jun. 30, 2023

Lithgow gives "an intelligent, always beautifully spoken performance," Green wrote, but the staging as a whole "almost entirely lacks the lively small gestures that texturize a play's surface."

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2014