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Meaning
Noun
●
In Fabrics:
A
closely
woven
fabric
(originally of
silk
, now also of
cotton
or
man-made
fibres
) with a
thick
short
pile on
one side.
●
Very
fine
fur
, including the
skin
and
fur
on a deer's antlers.
●
In Fabrics & Female animals:
A
female
chinchilla
; a sow.
●
The
drug
dextromethorphan.
●
In Fabrics:
Money
acquired
by gambling.
Verb
●
To
cover
with
velvet
or with a
covering
of a
similar
texture.
●
In Cooking:
To
coat
raw
meat
in
starch
, then in
oil
,
preparatory
to frying.
●
To
remove
the
velvet
from a deer's antlers.
●
To
soften
; to mitigate.
●
to retract.
Adj
●
Made of velvet.
●
Soft and
delicate
, like
velvet
;
velvet
y.
●
In Politics:
Peaceful;
carried out
without
violence
; especially as
pertaining
to the
peaceful
breakup
of Czechoslovakia.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
velvet
English
veluotte
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
villus
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
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