Definition of Velvet

Babylon English Dictionary
soft like velvet, resembling velvet; made of velvet
soft plush fabric having a shiny pile and smooth plain underside; something that is velvet-like in texture or appearance (e.g. skin, flower); fur-like layer on deer antlers; (Slang) unexpected monetary profit (as from gambling)
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Velvet Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
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A pile fabric with a clipped nap. Before clipping, the nap is a loop as found in frieze or boucle. Velvet was introduced during the Renaissance in Italy and Spain and later moved to France. Designs can be woven into it. They can aiso be made by cutting velvet nap into different lengths or by cutting different lengths over a pattern.
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Velvet Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
(v. t.)
To make like, or cover with, velvet.
  
(v. i.)
To pain velvet.
  
(n.)
The soft and highly vascular deciduous skin which envelops and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid growth.
  
(n.)
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.
  
(a.)
Made of velvet; soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety.
  
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About
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velvet
\vel"vet\ (?), n. [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.]
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.


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 velvet dock 
 velvet crab 
 velvet flower 
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 velvet runner 
 cotton velvet 
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 uncut velvet 
 velvet sponge 
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Melfed = n. velvet; a gloss
Shakespeare Words
GUARDS literally, velvet trimmings; applied metaphorically to the citizens who wore them
Australian Slang
highly profitable or advantageous
WordNet 2.0

Noun
1. a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back
(hypernym) fabric, cloth, material, textile

Adjective
1. smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste
(synonym) velvety
(similar) smooth
2. resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface
(synonym) velvety
(similar) soft
Velvet Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
Dream Dictionary
To dream of velvet, portends very successful enterprises. If you wear it, some distinction will be conferred upon you.

To see old velvet, means your prosperity will suffer from your extreme pride.

If a young woman dreams that she is clothed in velvet garments, it denotes that she will have honors bestowed upon her, and the choice between several wealthy lovers.
  
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see: Guttenberg Project
Velvet Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Velvet is a type of woven tufted fabric in which the cut threads are evenly distributed,with a short dense pile, giving it a distinctive feel.

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Velvet Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
Cocktails
10 oz. lager
1 oz. dark rum
serve in beer mug
3-4 oz. Guiness stout, chilled
3-4 oz. dry sparkling wine, chilled

Pour stout into chilled highball glass and add wine.
Velvet Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
Dictionary of Medicine (Shahram)
Common in most parts of the world including the Southern and Southwestern U.S., velvet ants are not true ants but rather parasitic wasps. Their sting can trigger allergic reactions. Avoidance, prompt treatment and, in selected cases, allergy injection therapy are useful.