texturing

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
texture/ˈtekstʃə(r)/

▶noun

• 1 the feel, appearance, or consistency of a surface or a substance.

  ■ the character of a textile fabric as determined by its threads.

• 2 Art the representation of the tactile quality of a surface.

• 3 the quality created by the combination of elements in a work of music or literature: a closely knit symphonic texture.

▶verb (usu. as adj. textured) give a rough or raised texture to.

– derivatives
textural adjective,
texturally adverb,
textureless adjective.

– origin ME: from L. textura ‘weaving’, from text-, texere ‘weave’.