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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 soft feel. By extension, the word velvety means “smooth like velvet.” Velvet can be made from either synthetic or natural fibers.
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Velvet (noun)
A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.
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Velvet (noun)
Very fine fur, including the skin and fur on a deer’s antlers.
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Velvet (noun)
A female chinchilla; a sow.
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Velvet (noun)
The drug dextromethorphan.
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Velvet (noun)
Money acquired by gambling.
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Velvet (verb)
To cover with velvet or with a covering of a similar texture.
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Velvet (verb)
To coat raw meat in starch, then in oil, preparatory to frying.
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Velvet (verb)
To remove the velvet from a deer’s antlers.
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Velvet (verb)
To soften; to mitigate.
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Velvet (adjective)
Made of velvet.
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Velvet (adjective)
Soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety.
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Velvet (adjective)
peaceful, carried out without violence; especially as pertaining to the peaceful breakup of Czechoslovakia.
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Fleece (noun)
Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal
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Fleece (noun)
Insulating skin with the wool attached
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Fleece (noun)
A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.
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Fleece (noun)
An insulating wooly jacket
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Fleece (noun)
Mat or felts composed of fibers, sometimes used as a membrane backer.
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Fleece (noun)
Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.
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Fleece (noun)
The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.
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Fleece (verb)
To con or trick (someone) out of money.
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Fleece (verb)
To shear the fleece from (a sheep or other animal).
“During spring shearing we have to fleece all the sheep in just a few days.”
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Fleece (verb)
To cover with, or as if with, wool.
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Velvet (noun)
a closely woven fabric of silk, cotton, or nylon, that has a thick short pile on one side
“an armchair covered in velvet”
“red velvet curtains”
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Velvet (noun)
soft downy skin that covers a deer’s antler while it is growing
“the bucks are still in velvet”
“a moose was rubbing the velvet from his antlers”
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Fleece (noun)
the woolly covering of a sheep or goat
“he clutched the ram by two handfuls of thick fleece”
“as the sheep came on board, we grabbed their long shaggy fleeces”
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Fleece (noun)
the wool shorn from a sheep in a single piece at one time
“the shed can be used for storing fleeces”
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Fleece (noun)
a representation of a fleece suspended from a ring.
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Fleece (noun)
a soft warm fabric with a texture similar to sheep’s wool, used as a lining material
“a reversible fleece jacket”
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Fleece (noun)
a jacket or other garment made from a fleece fabric.
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Fleece (verb)
obtain a great deal of money from (someone), typically by overcharging or swindling them
“the city’s cab drivers are notorious for fixing fares and fleecing tourists”
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Fleece (verb)
cover as if with a fleece
“the sky was half blue, half fleeced with white clouds”