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WIKTIONARY
velvet
Noun
∙
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.
∙
A female chinchilla; a sow.
rare
∙
The drug dextromethorphan.
slang
Verb
∙
To cover with velvet or with a covering of a similar texture.
∙
To coat raw meat in starch, then in oil, preparatory to frying.
cooking
∙
To remove the velvet from a deer's antlers.
Adjective
∙
Made of velvet.
∙
Soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety.
∙
peaceful, carried out without violence; especially as pertaining to the peaceful breakup of Czechoslovakia.
politics