English Explanatory Dictionary

velvet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.
  2. Very fine fur, including the skin and fur on a deer's antlers.
  3. A female chinchilla; a sow.
  4. The drug dextromethorphan.
  5. Money acquired by gambling.
verb
  1. To cover with velvet or with a covering of a similar texture.
  2. To coat raw meat in starch, then in oil, preparatory to frying.
  3. To remove the velvet from a deer's antlers.
  4. To soften; to mitigate.
  5. to retract.
adj
  1. Made of velvet.
  2. Soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety.
  3. Peaceful; carried out without violence; especially as pertaining to the peaceful breakup of Czechoslovakia.

Pronunciation

/ˈvɛlvɪt/ en-us-velvet.ogg

Word forms

velvet velvets velveting velveted more velvet most velvet

Etymology

From Middle English velvet, velwet, veluet, from Old Occitan veluet, from Vulgar Latin *villutittus, diminutive of villūtus, from Latin villus (“shaggy hair, tuft of hair”). Cognate with French velours.

Derived words

beggars' velvet black velvet cotton velvet crushed velvet on velvet pink velvet cake poor man's black velvet purple velvet plant red velvet red velvet cake red-velvet cake red velvet mite slashed velvet stand on velvet tip someone's velvet Utrecht velvet velvet ant velvet antler velvet ash velvet bean velvet cichlid velvet cork velvet crab velvet divorce velvet duck velveteen velvet flower velvet glove velvet handcuffs velvet hippo velvet leatherjacket velvet noise velvet paper velvet pile Velvet Revolution velvet scoter velvet shank velvet spider velvet tamarind velvet water bug velvet work velvet worm velvety
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