Meaning

A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side..

Definitions by Sense

1. A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.
2. Very fine fur, including the skin and fur on a deer's antlers.
3. (rare, countable) A female chinchilla; a sow.
4. (slang, uncountable) The drug dextromethorphan.
5. (slang, uncountable) Money acquired by gambling.
6. To cover with velvet or with a covering of a similar texture.
7. (cooking) To coat raw meat in starch, then in oil, preparatory to frying.
8. To remove the velvet from a deer's antlers.

Example Sentences

For the first time since her husband's death, she had thrown off her weeds, and put on attire more suited to the occasion. She was richly, yet plainly dressed, in a purple velvet, with a hood of white point lace. Even her silent handmaids were surprised out of their ordinary propriety by her appearance.

She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace,[…]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid, […] all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.

His [a hart's] head when it commeth firſt out, hath a ruſſet pyll vpon it, the which is called Veluet, […]

Penmachno mill is situate where a stream has furrowed a deep channel, and velveted the rocks with the richest mosses […].

Last week the scaffolds were up in the hall once more. This time the back wall is to be velveted in absorbent fiber glass […]

Blanching cut and specially marinated chicken in oil or water prior to stir-frying is a technique common to Chinese restaurant kitchens. The 20-second bath tenderizes the chicken remarkably, hence the process has been dubbed "velveting" in English. Velveted chicken is half-cooked, will not stick to the pan, and needs almost no oil when stir-fried.

2014, "Top genetic selection produces biggest antlers," NZFarmer.co.nz, 12 July, 2014, http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/agribusiness/10255646/Top-genetic-selection-produces-biggest-antlers Reacting to painkillers when velveted, Sovereign II was too sick to grow antlers last year, but has since recovered.

She spoke very gently, full of compassion for the boy, velveting her reproach for me.

Word Forms

• velvets
• velveting
• velveted
• more velvet
• most velvet

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