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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
velvet
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a silk/cotton/velvet etc dress
▪ Ellie chose a green silk dress.
velvet/net/lace etc curtains (=made of velvet, net etc)
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
black
▪ Do you remember the dusty black velvet chairs and the sofa with too many cushions?
▪ One wall was covered by a black velvet hanging.
▪ A svelte-looking black velvet off-the-shoulder number, with ostrich feather trim, was priced at £59.99.
▪ I hate that black velvet on the chairs and sofa.
▪ Below us, the city twinkled; jewels in black velvet.
▪ Her black velvet hat was slightly askew, held in that position by her hatpin.
▪ She jumped out of bed, remembering the state of her black velvet skirt.
▪ Instantly, the surface sprang to life, minute twinkling facets set in the blackest velvet.
blue
▪ She was dressed in dark blue velvet, a high white lace wimple on her head.
▪ A shining, ebony box, its lid open, showing a tray lined with blue velvet.
▪ Katherine and Sarah were in petrol blue velvet dresses and wore circlets of spring flowers on their heads.
▪ She was wrapped from head to foot in an old-fashioned opera cloak, of blue velvet.
▪ A tray, divided into small partitions, lined in blue velvet, lay empty.
brown
▪ Her bedroom was darkened, brown velvet curtains pulled to against the daylight.
▪ Do you think brown velvet trousers is going too far?
▪ No, not the brown velvet.
dark
▪ Prints of hunting and racing scenes, dark maroon velvet curtains and hardly any women to be seen.
▪ She was dressed in dark blue velvet, a high white lace wimple on her head.
▪ Heavy dark green velvet curtains were partly drawn across these and allowed only a single column of light to enter the room.
▪ Study the rich oatmeal head and the dark velvet body.
▪ Up on the downs it would be dark as a velvet bag.
green
▪ Dark green plush velvet of the upholstery into which I sink - and struggle.
▪ Heavy dark green velvet curtains were partly drawn across these and allowed only a single column of light to enter the room.
▪ The grass is made of green velvet.
▪ Mrs Ridley settled herself in a green velvet armchair, laying her stick carefully on the floor beside her.
red
▪ All those red velvet curtains and golden tassels, and settees with little golden legs.
▪ She slid back a curtain of heavy red velvet that screened a door beside the piano, and led him through.
▪ The Sphinx of Giza gazed down at the red velvet couch.
▪ She wore a ravishing dress of white tulle with a wide skirt embroidered with little knots of red velvet.
▪ Michael stared at the tie pin glinting up from the red velvet lining.
▪ The audience cheered loudly as the red velvet curtains danced apart and revealed the tenor.
▪ The engagement jewels were displayed in a case of red velvet, a magnificent set of rubies.
▪ Patches of red appeared on her cheeks like bits of worn red velvet.
■ NOUN
collar
▪ Her arms were around his neck, and her hands lay on the velvet collar of his coat.
▪ Eva they decked out in the gold trimmings for a General, set on a pink velvet collar with a lace edge.
▪ An expensive-looking man in a black coat with a velvet collar was appraising a painting.
▪ Unhooked a smart black overcoat with a velvet collar.
dress
▪ Katherine and Sarah were in petrol blue velvet dresses and wore circlets of spring flowers on their heads.
▪ No velvet dress, - no lovely soft crushed velvet that you could stroke, with its beautiful lacy trim.
▪ Impatient with herself, she went to shower and put on her red velvet dress.
▪ Benny knew that they must have got her the velvet dress with the lacy collar and the pumps to go with it.
▪ Benny was large and square, but she wouldn't look like that in the pink velvet dress.
glove
▪ This is the archetypal steel fist in a velvet glove.
▪ Even when he waves a noose, he holds it with a velvet glove.
▪ The protuberance under her fingers felt soft and hard at the same time, an iron fist in a velvet glove.
■ VERB
cover
▪ One wall was covered by a black velvet hanging.
▪ From her throat to her feet she was covered in velvet and gold, furs and silk and jewelled embroidery.
▪ The tables were covered with the velvet Dave had found and the exhibits laid out in an orderly fashion.
look
▪ There was that heavy wallpaper in panels, the relief stuff that tried to look as though it was velvet.
wear
▪ He wore a heavy velvet robe of deepest crimson and indigo, trimmed with black fur.
▪ Beneath it he wore black velvet leggings, and his feet were encased in black slippers, decorated with gold embroidery.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A velvet choker was tied around her neck; massive gold earrings hung from her lobes.
▪ A svelte-looking black velvet off-the-shoulder number, with ostrich feather trim, was priced at £59.99.
▪ And the third was a shining glass coffin, lying on a rich velvet pall on a gilded trestle.
▪ Her arms were around his neck, and her hands lay on the velvet collar of his coat.
▪ She was dressed in dark blue velvet, a high white lace wimple on her head.
▪ The line is often simple, but outfits are trimmed with velvet or gold buttons.
▪ There was a chaiselongue upholstered in velvet, a plump dressing-table stool to match it, a bureau with a padded chair.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Velvet

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. Cotton velvet, an imitation of velvet, made of cotton. Velvet cork, the best kind of cork bark, supple, elastic, and not woody or porous. Velvet crab a European crab ( Portunus puber). When adult the black carapace is covered with a velvety pile. Called also lady crab, and velvet fiddler. Velvet dock (Bot.), the common mullein. Velvet duck. (Zo["o]l.)

    1. A large European sea duck, or scoter ( Oidemia fusca). The adult male is glossy, velvety black, with a white speculum on each wing, and a white patch behind each eye.

    2. The American whitewinged scoter. See Scoter.

      Velvet flower (Bot.), love-lies-bleeding. See under Love.

      Velvet grass (Bot.), a tall grass ( Holcus lanatus) with velvety stem and leaves; -- called also soft grass.

      Velvet runner (Zo["o]l.), the water rail; -- so called from its quiet, stealthy manner of running. [Prov. Eng.]

      Velvet scoter. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Velvet duck, above.

      Velvet sponge. (Zo["o]l.) See under Sponge.

Velvet

Velvet \Vel"vet\, a. Made of velvet; soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety. `` The cowslip's velvet head.''
--Milton.

Velvet

Velvet \Vel"vet\, v. i. To pain velvet. [R.]
--Peacham.

Velvet

Velvet \Vel"vet\, v. t. To make like, or cover with, velvet. [R.]

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
velvet

early 14c., probably from Old Provençal veluet, from Vulgar Latin *villutittus, diminutive of Vulgar Latin *villutus "velvet," literally "shaggy cloth," from Latin villus "shaggy hair, nap of cloth, tuft of hair," probably a dialectal variant of vellus "fleece," from PIE *wel-no-, suffixed form of root *wel- (4) "to tear, pull" (see svelte).

Wiktionary
velvet

  1. 1 Made of velvet. 2 Soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety. 3 (label en politics) peaceful, carried out without violence; especially as pertaining to the peaceful breakup of Czechoslovakia. n. A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side. v

  2. (context cooking English) To coat raw meat in starch, then in oil, preparatory to frying

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WordNet
velvet

  1. adj. smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste [syn: velvety]

  2. resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface [syn: velvety]

velvet

n. a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back

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Wikipedia
Velvet

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. By extension, the word velvety means "smooth like velvet." Velvet can be made from either synthetic or natural fibers.

Velvet (disambiguation)

Velvet is a particular kind of soft fabric.

Velvet may also refer to:

Velvet (fish disease)

Velvet disease, also called gold dust disease, is a fish disease caused by dinoflagellate parasites of the genus Piscinoodinium, which gives the fish a dusty, slimy look. The disease occurs most commonly in tropical and (to a lesser extent) marine aquaria.

Velvet (Savoy song)

"Velvet" is a song by Savoy, a band fronted by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy from their first album, Mary Is Coming. Savoy's version was released as a single in the US, but got very little airplay.

Velvet (Wink album)

Velvet is the fourth album by J-pop group Wink, released on July 11, 1990, on the Polystar label.

Velvet (singer)

Jenny Marielle Pettersson (born November 5, 1975, Helsingborg, Sweden), professionally known as Velvet is a Swedish dance- pop singer. She has released two albums since her 2005 debut in the music industry and her first eight singles have all achieved a top twenty peak on the Swedish Singles Chart.

Velvet (bus company)

Black Velvet Travel Limited, trading as Velvet, was an English bus company based in Eastleigh, that operated between November 2007 and January 2015.

Velvet (TV channel)

Velvet was a Filipino cable television network based in Quezon City. It was owned and operated by Creative Programs, Inc. (now ABS-CBN Cable Channels), a wholly owned subsidiary of the media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation. The primary focus of the network was into women-oriented general entertainment programming.

Velvet (TV series)

Velvet (also known as Galerías Velvet) is a Spanish television series produced by Bambú Producciones for Antena 3. Its budget is estimated in 500,000 euros per episode. The main storyline of the show is the love story of Alberto (played by Miguel Ángel Silvestre), heir of Galerías Velvet, one of the most prestigious fashion stores in the Spain of the late 1950s, and Ana (Paula Echevarría), who works as a seamstress there.

Velvet (Chris Jamison song)

"Velvet" is the debut and potential winner's single by American singer and season seven third place finalist of The Voice, Chris Jamison. The song was released digitally by Republic Records on December 15, 2014. The song was written by Elof Loelv, Alex Lacasse and Kellen Pomeranz.

Velvet (dog)

Velvet is a black lab/shepherd cattle mixed-breed dog, owned by Matty Bryant of Milwaukie, Oregon, who helped save three climbers, including Bryant, when they became stranded on Mount Hood, Oregon on February 18, 2007.

The three climbers and Velvet toppled off a ledge while descending from a climb of Mount Hood. Due to low visibility, they stepped off a ledge at about elevation during a storm, separating them from five other members of the party. The five reported the accident and were themselves soon rescued. The three fallen climbers activated Mountain Locator Units to let searchers find their position which was at about elevation in White River Canyon. Due to worsening conditions, they were forced to spend the night on the mountain while winds blew with temperatures in the 20s (-1 to -7 C). Velvet spent the night going from person to person to ensure they kept warm as they huddled under two sleeping bags and a tarp. The climbers were rescued the next morning.

Velvet was treated at a non-profit Portland veterinary clinic for broken toenails and a cut on one paw. A fund now exists at DoveLewis Emergency Animal Hospital in Velvet's name to assist low income families with emergency veterinary care.

Velvet (EP)

Velvet is a cassette EP by the Toadies. It was self-released on June 26, 1992 on an IEC Type II compact cassette tape. All songs by Todd Lewis except "Stop It" by Pylon. All songs recorded live at Crystal Clear Sound except "I Burn", which was recorded on Darrel Herbert's 4-track. Mastered/ engineered by Keith Rust. Mixed by Keith & T.L. Cover art by Dan Lightner. Cover design by Caren Lane.

The songs " Possum Kingdom" and "Got A Heart" also appear in identical form on the Pleather EP. "Mister Love" can be found in identical form on the " Mister Love" 7" single. While the song "I Burn" can be found elsewhere, the track as presented here is an acoustic version exclusive to this release.

Velvet (The Big Pink song)

"Velvet" is the second single by The Big Pink, and their first single with the 4AD label. "Velvet" was released as a digital download and on 7-inch vinyl on April 20, 2009, and was later included on their debut album A Brief History of Love in September 2009. "Velvet" was re-issued as a single on February 15, 2010. The song was self-produced by the band, and mixed by producer Alan Moulder. The 7-inch single features the exclusive B-side "An Introduction to Awareness", while the 12-inch single features a cover version of Otis Redding's 1964 song "These Arms of Mine".

Pitchfork Media described "Velvet" as "undeniably immense, but it's a tribute to the Big Pink's skill and maturity that it still manages to sound intimate," and awarded the track a 7 out of 10 rating. In August 2009, "Velvet" was included on Pitchfork's Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s list, voted in at number 500. On Pitchfork's end-of-the-year Top 100 Tracks of 2009 list, "Velvet" was voted at #42.

A 7-minute remix of "Velvet" by Gang Gang Dance followed the original single release in May 2009 as an online-streaming single. Remixes by Mount Kimbie and Van Rivers & The Subliminal Kid (producers for Fever Ray) were also commissioned.

The song was commonly covered by Swedish artist Lykke Li during her 2011 Wounded Rhymes Tour.

Velvet (music venue)

The Velvet Club is an alternative music club in Rimini, Italy. The club has hosted many notable bands since its opening in 1989, at that time it was known as Velvet Perestrojka. It was founded by Thomas Balsamini and was the continuation of the Slego which closed its doors in 2000 after 21 years of existence.

Velvet (Sirius XM)

Velvet is a music channel that plays contemporary pop from vocalists like Adele, Andrea Bocelli, Sam Smith, Alicia Keys and Idina Menzel, it can be also heard on Sirius XM Radio 13 and Dish Network 6013.

Velvet was pre-empted to Holly on November 2, 2015, Sirius XM Love retained its normal format through December.

Velvet was an online-only channel.

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Usage examples of "velvet".

Apart from the antimacassars on the two leather chairs and the long couch fronting the fire, the velvet mantel-border, and the deep be-tasselled pelmet bordering the faded blue velvet curtains at the long window, it had an austere appearance.

Such, however, as he could make out were richly attired in doublets of silk and satin, while their rich velvet mantles, plumed and jewelled caps, and long rapiers, were carried by their servants.

Gaily attired courtiers, in doublets of satin and mantles of velvet, were lounging in the balconies of the presence-chamber, staring at Jocelyn and his companions for, want of better occupation.

A grave-looking man, of a melancholy and severe aspect, and attired in a loose robe of black velvet, was seated alone in a chamber, the windows of which opened upon the Fountain Court, which we have just quitted.

The sleeves were puffed, baring much of her arms, and the velvet bodice was low, but just low enough to show the risc of her breasts, the beautiful texture of her flesh, the fascinating way the soft curls of her hair lay upon it.

Wood snapped, glass exploded and Barnacle, speckled with splinters, billowed through yellow velvet and out into the late afternoon!

From horizon to horizon, the black velvet of the night sky was bespangled with an untold myriad of twinkling stars.

Sterrin, who had not bargained for walking two Irish miles of rough road in her velvet and satin bootees, was in no mood for wilfulness.

On the plane to Dublin I sit next to an old woman wearing a blue bouse and a black velvet skirt.

Presently he glanced through the window of the hall near at hand, noting how the tints of the pretty gowns of the two women now before the fire imparted a rich pictorial effect to the interior, the one costume being of a canary tint, with bretelles and girdle of brown velvet, while Mrs.

Under this calico wrapping is a brigandine of the finest red velvet with strong iron plates between the layers.

Lord Brill, still in the blue velvet jacket and trousers, rose from a carved wooden chair, upholstered in a blue needlepoint.

Like Hegarty he wore a brimless cap of black velvet with matching mantle and tabard, except that his pockets and hems were trimmed with grey.

And Ralph, in the midst of cries exclamatory, and no little laughter, emptied the contents of the basket on the velvet sward, variegated by the sunlight through the boughs, and fit for kings.

My second-best girl wore the laced-up, exclusionary clothing of 1877, a black hat and snug black velvet jacket, with a heavy oyster-gray skirt.