velvet Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back
  2. adjective satellite smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste
    velvety; velvet-textured.
  3. adjective satellite resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface
    velvety.

WordNet

Vel"vet noun
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  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.
Vel"vet adjective
Definitions
  1. Made of velvet; soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety. " The cowslip's velvet head." Milton.
Vel"vet intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To pain velvet. R. Peacham.
Vel"vet transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To make like, or cover with, velvet. R.

Webster 1913