velvet

[vel·vet]

Use the noun velvet to describe a plush, smooth fabric that is used to make elegant dresses and fancy drapes.

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A silk fabric, having a short, close nap of erect threads. Inferior qualities are made with a silk pile on a cotton or linen back.

Noun
a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back

Adjective S.
resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface

Adjective S.
smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste

n.
A silk fabric, having a short, close nap of erect threads. Inferior qualities are made with a silk pile on a cotton or linen back.

n.
The soft and highly vascular deciduous skin which envelops and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid growth.

a.
Made of velvet; soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety.

v. i.
To pain velvet.

v. t.
To make like, or cover with, velvet.

Velvet

Vel"vet , n. [OE. velouette, veluet, velwet; cf. OF. velluau, LL. velluetum, vellutum, It. velluto, Sp. velludo; all fr. (assumed) LL. villutus shaggy, fr L. villus shaggy hair; akin to vellus a fleece, and E. wool. See Wool, and cf. Villous.] 1. A silk fabric, having a short, close nap of erect threads. Inferior qualities are made with a silk pile on a cotton or linen back. 2. The soft and highly vascular deciduous skin which envelops and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid growth. Cotton velvet, an imitation of velvet, made of cotton. -- Velvet cork, the best kind of cork bark, supple, elastic, and not woody or porous. -- Velvet crab a European crab (Portunus puber). When adult the black carapace is covered with a velvety pile. Called also lady crab, and velvet fiddler. -- Velvet dock (Bot.), the common mullein. -- Velvet duck. (Zo'94l.) (a) A large European sea duck, or scoter (Oidemia fusca). The adult male is glossy, velvety black, with a white speculum on each wing, and a white patch behind each eye. (b) The American whitewinged scoter. See Scoter. -- Velvet flower (Bot.), love-lies-bleeding. See under Love. -- Velvet grass (Bot.), a tall grass (Holcus lanatus) with velvety stem and leaves; -- called also soft grass. -- Velvet runner (Zo'94l.), the water rail; -- so called from its quiet, stealthy manner of running. [Prov. Eng.] -- Velvet scoter. (Zo'94l.) Same as Velvet duck, above. -- Velvet sponge. (Zo'94l.) See under Sponge.

Velvet

Vel"vet, a. Made of velvet; soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety. " The cowslip's velvet head." Milton.

Velvet

Vel"vet, v. i. To pain velvet. [R.] Peacham.

Velvet

Vel"vet, v. t. To make like, or cover with, velvet. [R.]

A silk fabric, having a short, close nap of erect threads. Inferior qualities are made with a silk pile on a cotton or linen back.

Made of velvet; soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety.

To pain velvet.

To make like, or cover with, velvet.

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Usage Examples

I wore my first pair of Louboutins during this press tour. It was absolutely amazing, they weren't heels, they were little shoes, but they were velvet and they were blue.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

My mom FedExes a red velvet cake she makes from scratch to me every birthday.

I tend to avoid televisions, politics, and places with velvet ropes.