n.
   - the feel, appearance, or consistency of a surface or a substance. ▸the character of a textile fabric as determined by its threads. 
- Art  the representation of the tactile quality of a surface.
- the quality created by the combination of elements in a work of music or literature:![]()  a closely knit symphonic texture. 
v.
 
[
usu. as adj. textured]
 give a rough or raised texture to.
Derivative
  
    - textural adj.
- texturally adv.
- textureless adj.
 
  Etymology
  ME: from L. textura ‘weaving’, from text-, texere ‘weave’.