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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