Covered with velvet; wearing velvet clothing. / Having a velvet-like surface; covered with a velvet-like material.

simple past tense and past participle of velvet

plural of velvet

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of velvet

present participle of velvet

The nap of velvet. / (dated, usually in the plural) Something made from velvet or having a velvet-like texture.

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.

To cover with velvet or with a covering of a similar texture. / (cooking) To coat raw meat in starch, then in oil, preparatory to frying. / To remove the velvet from a deer's antlers.

Made of velvet. / Soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety. / (politics) Peaceful; carried out without violence; especially as pertaining to the peaceful breakup of Czechoslovakia.

plural of velveting