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Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Moiré

/(mwä`rā"; mō"rā)/ · Moi·ré · IPA /mwaˈɹeɪ/
01 n. A watered, clouded, or frosted appearance on textile fabrics or metallic surfaces.
  1. 1.
    A watered, clouded, or frosted appearance on textile fabrics or metallic surfaces.
  2. 2.
    Erroneously, moire, the fabric.
Phrases & compounds
Moiré pattern — An pattern produced when an opaque ruled pattern with transparent gaps is overlaid on another similar pattern.
02 a. Watered; having a watered or clouded appearance; -- as of silk or metals.
  1. 1.
    Watered; having a watered or clouded appearance; -- as of silk or metals.
03 v. t. To give a watered or clouded appearance to (a surface).
imp. & p. p. Moiréed; p. pr. & vb. n. Moiréeing
  1. 1.
    To give a watered or clouded appearance to (a surface).