Velvet

Definition: Velvet

Velvet

Adjective

1. Smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste.

2. Resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface.

Noun

1. A silky densely piled fabric with a plain back.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "velvet" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

Industry

Dream Interpretation

Mining

Slang in 1811

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Synonym: Velvet

Facility

Manageable, wieldy; towardly, tractable; submissive; yielding, ductile; suant; pliant; (soft); glib, slippery; smooth; on friction wheels, on velvet.

Physical Pleasure

Noun: pleasure; physical pleasure, sensual pleasure, sensuous pleasure; bodily enjoyment, animal gratification, hedonism, sensuality; luxuriousness. Adjective: dissipation, round of pleasure, gusto, creature comforts, comfort, ease; pillow. (support); luxury, lap of luxury; purple and fine linen; bed of downs, bed of roses; velvet, clover; cup of Circe. (intemperance).

Roughness

Wool, velvet, plush, nap, pile, floss, fur, down; byssus, moss, bur; fluff.

Smoothness

Adjective: smooth; polished; Verb: leiodermatous, slick, velutinous; even; level; plane; (flat); sleek, glossy; silken, silky; lanate, downy, velvety; glabrous, slippery, glassy, lubricous, oily, soft, unwrinkled; smooth as glass, smooth as ice, smooth as monumental alabaster, smooth as velvet, smooth as oil; slippery as an eel; woolly; (feathery).

Down, velvet, velure, silk, satin; velveteen, velour, velours, velumen; glass, ice.

Crosswords: Velvet

French (velveteen).

I hate to tell you this but your skin makes the Rocky Mountains look like chiffon velvet. (The Women; writing credit: Anita Loos)

Red velvet interior (Oz; writing credit: Pavel Srut)

Oh, you're cute like a velvet glove cast in iron (Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!; writing credit: Russ Meyer; Jack Moran)

I hate it! It's boil-in-the-bag perversion for sexually repressed accountants and first-year drama students with too many posters of Betty Blue, The Blues Brothers, Big Blue and Blue Velvet on their blue bloody walls (Spaced; writing credit: Simon Pegg; Jessica Stevenson)

With your velvet lies (One Day In Your Life; performing artist: Anastacia)

You know the kind with the velvet collar (Keeping The Faith; performing artist: Billy Joel)

Just wrap your legs 'round these velvet rims ("Born to Run"; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen)

A thundering, velvet hand (Leader Of The Band; performing artist: Dan Fogelberg)

Underneath the velvet skies, (LAY DOWN SALLY; performing artist: ERIC CLAPTON)

The Velvet Vampire (1971)

National Velvet (1960)

The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955)

National Velvet (1944)

On Velvet (1938)

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References

• Velvet Exploration Ltd: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• National Velvet (reference)

• The Clue of the Velvet Mask (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Velvet Goldmine (reference)

• International Velvet (reference)

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Music

• Velvet Brown, Tuba (reference)

• Velvet Noise (reference)

• Velvet Underground & Nico [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• VELVET FINE ART PAPER 13X19 (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• International Silver Ribbon Style 2-Piece Cake & Knife Set in Velvet Gift Box (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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Dottie and Lottie. I've lost my job, Dottie, it was like this : I was showing a velvet opera cloak ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Alberta and Velvet hotels, Old Orchard, Me. Credit: Library of Congress.

Old Orchard, Me., Hotel Velvet from beach. Credit: Library of Congress.

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I saw the senators one day passing along the Quai Malaquais in mantles of violet velvet sprinkled with bees, and hats in the style of Henri IV.

The brush with the maroon velvet back was for Michael Davitt and the brush with the green velvet back was for Parnell

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion

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Economic History

Czech Rep

The Embassy is unaware of any expropriation of foreign investment having taken place since the 1989 Velvet Revolution. (references)

Czech Rep

Since the Velvet Revolution in 1989, the Czech Republic has transformed itself into a western-oriented market economy with more than 80 percent of enterprises in private hands. (references)

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Expressions using "velvet": an iron hand in a velvet glove ♦ be on velvet ♦ Cotton velvet ♦ handle smb. with velvet gloves ♦ in a velvet glove ♦ korean velvet grass ♦ mock velvet ♦ on velvet ♦ purple velvet plant ♦ royal velvet plant ♦ tapestry velvet carpet ♦ terry velvet ♦ the velvet revolution ♦ uncut velvet ♦ Utrecht velvet ♦ velvet bean ♦ velvet bent ♦ velvet bent grass ♦ velvet coat ♦ velvet cork ♦ velvet crab ♦ velvet dock ♦ velvet duck ♦ velvet fiddler ♦ velvet finish ♦ velvet flower ♦ velvet grass ♦ velvet osier ♦ velvet plant ♦ velvet runner ♦ velvet scoter ♦ velvet sponge ♦ velvet sumac ♦ velvet tamarind ♦ velvet worm. Additional references.

Beginning with "velvet": velvet-black, velvet-clad, velvet-collared, velvet-covered, velvet-dark, velvet-edged, velvet-finish, velvet-glove, velvet-like, velvet-lined, velvet-mesh, velvet-smooth, velvet-soft, velvet-topped, velvet-upholstered, velvet-voiced, velvet-warm, velvet-wrapped.

Ending with "velvet": aqua-velvet, blue-velvet, crushed-velvet, gilt-and-velvet, not-quite-velvet, padded-velvet, post-velvet, red-velvet, ripple-velvet.

Albanian

parë bixhozi, kadifeje (velours), kadife (velours), fitim i pastër, butësi (clemency, delicacy, ductility, flabbiness, geniality, gentleness, girlishness, languor, laxity, lenience, leniency, lenity, lightness, meekness, mercifulness, mildness, placability, tenderness). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مخملي (velvety), ‏مخمل, ‏نعومة (daintiness, fineness, mellowness, neatness, smoothness, softness), ‏ناعم (cosiness, delicate, downy, fine, gentle, glace, mellow, neat, on velvet, powdery, silken, silky, smooth, soft, springy, squashy, tender, velvety). (various references)

Bulgarian 

като кадифе, кадифен (silken), кадифе, велвет, от кадифе, мек като кадифе, полза (account, advantage, avail, behoof, boot, expedience, expediency, favour, good, interest, profit, use, utility, value), памучно кадифе (fustian, velveteen). (various references)

Catalan

vellut. (various references)

Chinese 

絲絨 , 絨 (woolen), 天鹅�'. (various references)

Czech

samet (velours), aksamit. (various references)

Danish

floejl (pile). (various references)

Dutch

fluwelen, fluweel (pile). (various references)

Esperanto

veluro, velura. (various references)

Faeroese

floyal. (various references)

Farsi 

مخملی کردن , مخملی , مخمل نما, مخمل , نرم (Downy, Effeminate, Fine, Floppy, Levigate, Limber, Lithe, Mellow, Plastic, Pliant, Silken, Silky, Sleek, Slick, Smooth, Soft, Spongy, Suave, Supple, Tractable). (various references)

Finnish

samettinen (velvety), sametti. (various references)

French

velours (velours). (various references)

German

Samt (together with). (various references)

Greek 

βελούδο (velure). (various references)

Hebrew 

קטיפ�". (various references)

Hungarian

bársony (Terry, velour, velours). (various references)

Indonesian

beludru. (various references)

Italian

velluto (together with). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

ベルト伝動 (Belfast, bell mark, bell-bottom, bellboy, belt drive, Berlin, verbena, vermouth), �"ル風 (binding, bingo, eddies of wind around high buildings, foot fastening, green pepper, pea coat, pea jacket, peace, peach, peacock, peahen, peak, peanut, peanut butter, peanuts, peas, peek, peep show, Peeping Tom, people, people's capitalism, Peter Pan syndrome, Piaget, pianica, pianist, piano, piano and harmonica, piazza, piece, piecework, piercer, pimento, PR, public relations, Russian food, village, vintage, vintage year), 天鵞絨 , 天鵝絨 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ベルベット , �"ロード , びろうどう, びろうど. (various references)

Korean 

우단. (various references)

Manx

velvad. (various references)

Norwegian

fløyel. (various references)

Pig Latin

elvetvay.(various references)

Portuguese

veludo (velours). (various references)

Romanian

profit (account, advantage, bargain, behoof, benefit, boot, convenience, Favor, favour, gain, good, grist, hand, interest, job, profit, return, use, yield), de catifea, cu aspect de catifea, catifelat (soft, velvet-like, velvety), catifea, câştig (advantage, bargain, benefit, boot, catch, draw, earnings, gain, godsend, hand, income, increment, lucre, penny, prize, proceeds, profit, return, revenue, share, use, windfall). (various references)

Romansch

vali. (various references)

Russian 

бархат, бархатный. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

somotski, somot (corduroy). (various references)

Spanish

terciopelo (pile). (various references)

Swedish

sammet (velour). (various references)

Turkish

yumuşak (benignant, bland, ductile, easygoing, effeminate, flabby, flaccid, floppy, gentle, heartthrob, kid glove, kindly, lax, lenient, light, limp, malleable, mellow, mild, pulpy, smooth, soft, soft boiled, spongy, supple, tender, yielding), kadife gibi (velvety), kadife. (various references)

Turkmen 

welwet (r). (various references)

Ukrainian

густий (creamy, dense, grouty, opaque, solid, stodgy, thick, velvety), вельвет (fustian), оксамитовий (velvety), оксамит, бархатистість, бархатистий. (various references)

Vietnamese 

tiền lãi ở thế thuận lợi, thịnh vượng (bonanza, prosperous, prosperously), thông đ�"ng bén giọt (swimmingly), dịu d� ng (dulcet, gentle, light, smoothspoken), bằng nhung như nhung. (various references)

Welsh

melfed, felfed. (various references)

villus. (various references)

velours. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "velvet": velveted, velveteen, velveteens, velvetlike, velvets, velvety. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Velvet" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: elvet, valved, Velbe, velde, velf, velve, Velvia, veve, Vevey, vilve, volve, vulve. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: leet, teel, tele.

-3 letters: eel, eve, lee, let, lev, tee, tel, vee, vet.

-4 letters: el, et.

+1 letter: velvets, velvety.

+2 letters: valvelet, velveret, velveted.

+3 letters: valvelets, velverets, velveteen.

+4 letters: evaluative, evolvement, velveteens, velvetlike.

+5 letters: evocatively, evolvements, invectively, inventively, involvement, overviolent, overvoltage.