'Silken' definitions:
Definition of 'silken'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Silken'
From: GCIDE
- Silken \Silk"en\, a. [AS. seolcen, seolocen.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; as, silken cloth; a silken veil. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: Soft; delicate; tender; smooth; as, silken language. "Silken terms precise." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Dressed in silk. "A . . . silken wanton." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Silken'
From: GCIDE
- Silken \Silk"en\, v. t. To render silken or silklike. --Dyer. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'silken'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- buffed,
- burnished,
- cottony,
- deferential,
- disarming,
- finished,
- furbished,
- glace,
- glassy,
- glazed,
- gleaming,
- glossy,
- insinuating,
- insinuative,
- lacquered,
- plush,
- plushy,
- polished,
- rubbed,
- saccharine,
- satinlike,
- satiny,
- sericeous,
- shellacked,
- shiny,
- silklike,
- silky,
- sleek,
- slick,
- soft as silk,
- varnished,
- velutinous,
- velvetlike,
- velvety