velvet

Speech parts

1. velvet - Noun

2. velvet - Adjective

3. velvet - Verb

4. velvet - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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.

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

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

To pain velvet.

To make like, or cover with, velvet.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

velvety velveteen soft smooth plush velour velvet-textured clover corduroy success silk waltz silken cinch chenille
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Antonyms

problem loss hard debt rough burden
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Hypernyms

material fabric cloth

Phrases with the word

poor man's black velvet pink velvet cake velvet plant as soft as velvet soft as velvet velvet-leaf

Examples

I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion. Henry David Thoreau

Responsible for wrapping the iron fist of authority in its velvet glove is Jane Axtell, head of the accountancy firm's Human Resources department. Alain de Botton

The mind has so many pictures Why can't I sleep with my eyes open? The mind has so many memories Can you remember what it looks like when I cry?I'm trying, trying to tell you All that I can in a sweet and velvet tongue But no words ever could sell you Sell you on me after all that I have done. Rufus Wainwright

A good name is more valuable than a velvet garment. Moroccan Proverb

Choose your woman with a velvet glove, but control her with a fist of iron. Czech Proverb

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. French Proverb

Close letter words and terms

velveeta velverd velveret velvet ant velvet antler velvet armyworm