velvet

1. 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. Source: opted

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

3. a. Made of velvet; soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety. Source: opted

4. v. i. To pain velvet. Source: opted

5. v. t. To make like, or cover with, velvet. Source: opted

6. adj. smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste Source: wordnet

7. adj. resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface Source: wordnet

8. n. a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back Source: wordnet

9. 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. (Zoöl.) (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 (Zoöl.), the water rail; -- so called from its quiet, stealthy manner of running. [Prov. Eng.] -- Velvet scoter. (Zoöl.) Same as Velvet duck, above. -- Velvet sponge. (Zoöl.) See under Sponge. Made of velvet; soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety. " The cowslip's velvet head." Milton. To pain velvet. [R.] Peacham. To make like, or cover with, velvet. [R.] Source: webster

10. Made of velvet; soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety. " Thecowslip's velvet head." Milton. Source: adambom

11. n:100 n. a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back s. smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste s. resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface Source: ecdict

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