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Definition of Velvet

Velvet

  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.
  3. Made of velvet; soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety.
  4. To pain velvet.
  5. To make like, or cover with, velvet.

Velvet Quotations

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
Henry David Thoreau

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
Napoleon Bonaparte

I decorated my house like a medieval gothic castle, European-style. Chandeliers and red velvet curtains. My bedroom is pink and black, my bathroom is totally Hello Kitty, I have a massive pink couch and a big antique gold cross.
Avril Lavigne

I tend to avoid televisions, politics, and places with velvet ropes.
Demetri Martin

Carrying 200 pounds of velvet and satin around a stage for 90 minutes - that's man's work, let me tell you.
Rod Stewart
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Velvet Translations

velvet in Dutch is fluwelen
velvet in French is velours
velvet in German is Samt
velvet in Italian is velluto
velvet in Portuguese is veludo
velvet in Spanish is terciopelo
velvet in Swedish is sammet

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