'Velvet' definitions:
Definition of 'velvet'
From: WordNet
adjective
Smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste [syn: velvet, velvety, velvet-textured]
adjective
Resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface [syn: velvet, velvety]
noun
A silky densely piled fabric with a plain back
Definition of 'Velvet'
From: GCIDE
- Velvet \Vel"vet\, a. Made of velvet; soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety. " The cowslip's velvet head." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Velvet'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- 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, or with other soft fibers such as nylon, acetate, or rayon. [1913 Webster + PJC]
- 2. The soft and highly vascular deciduous skin which envelops and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid growth. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Something likened to velvet[1] in being soft or luxurious; as, a lawn of velvet. [PJC]
- 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 (Zool.), 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. (Zool.) (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 (Zool.), the water rail; -- so called from its quiet, stealthy manner of running. [Prov. Eng.]
- Velvet scoter. (Zool.) Same as Velvet duck, above.
- Velvet sponge. (Zool.) See under Sponge.
- in velvet having a coating of velvet[2] over the antlers; in the annual stage where the antlers are still growing; -- of deer. [1913 Webster + PJC]
Definition of 'Velvet'
From: GCIDE
- Velvet \Vel"vet\, v. i. To pain velvet. [R.] --Peacham. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Velvet'
From: GCIDE
- Velvet \Vel"vet\, v. t. To make like, or cover with, velvet. [R.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'velvet'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affluence,
- alabaster,
- bed of roses,
- billiard table,
- blubber,
- bowling alley,
- bowling green,
- breeze,
- butter,
- cinch,
- clay,
- clover,
- comfort,
- contentment,
- cushion,
- daintiness,
- delicacy,
- dough,
- down,
- downiness,
- ease,
- easy circumstances,
- Easy Street,
- easy target,
- easy thing,
- eiderdown,
- feather bed,
- feathers,
- felicity,
- filminess,
- fine-grainedness,
- fineness,
- flat,
- fleece,
- fleshpots,
- floss,
- flue,
- fluff,
- fluffiness,
- foam,
- fuzz,
- fuzziness,
- glass,
- gossameriness,
- gracious life,
- gracious living,
- happiness,
- ice,
- ivory,
- kapok,
- lap of luxury,
- level,
- life of ease,
- loaves and fishes,
- luxury,
- mahogany,
- marble,
- peach fuzz,
- picnic,
- pie,
- piece of cake,
- pillow,
- plane,
- plush,
- prosperity,
- prosperousness,
- pubescence,
- pudding,
- puff,
- pushover,
- putty,
- refinement,
- rubber,
- satin,
- satininess,
- security,
- setup,
- silk,
- silkiness,
- sinecure,
- sitting duck,
- slide,
- smooth,
- smoothness,
- snap,
- softness,
- solid comfort,
- success,
- swansdown,
- tennis court,
- the affluent life,
- the good life,
- thistledown,
- thriving condition,
- upward mobility,
- velvetiness,
- wax,
- weal,
- wealth,
- welfare,
- well-being,
- wool,
- zephyr
Words containing 'Velvet'
- Velveting,
- in velvet,
- Cotton velvet,
- Mock velvet,
- Uncut velvet,
- Velvet cork,
- Velvet crab,
- Velvet dock,
- Velvet duck,
- Velvet flower,
- Velvet grass,
- Velvet runner,
- Velvet scoter,
- Velvet sponge,
- Velvet tamarind,
- blue velvet,
- velvet ant,
- velvet bean,
- velvet bent,
- velvet fiddler,
- velvet osier,
- velvet plant,
- velvet sumac,
- velvet worm,
- korean velvet grass,
- purple velvet plant,
- royal velvet plant,
- velvet bent grass,
- velvet-leaf,
- velvet-textured