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velvet

ADJ ซึ่ง ทำ ด้วย กำมะหยี่ ซึ่ง เหมือน กำมะหยี่ sueng-tam-duai-kam-ma-yi

velvet

N ผ้าฝ้าย ผ้าไหม ผ้า กำมะหยี่ สิ่งทอ ที่ คล้าย กำมะหยี่ pa-fai

velveteen

N ผ้า กำมะหยี่ เทียม ผ้าฝ้าย ที่ คล้าย กำมะหยี่ pa-kam-ma-yi-tiam

velvety

ADJ ซึ่ง มี รสชาติ นุ่ม sueng-mi-rod-chad-num

velvety

ADJ นุ่ม เหมือน กำมะหยี่ เหมือน กำมะหยี่ ลื่น และ มัน silky smooth num-maun-kam-ma-yi

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VELVET

n.[L. vellus, hair, nap. ] A rich silk stuff, covered on the outside with a close, short, fine, soft shag or nap. The name is given also to cotton stuffs.

VELVET

v.t.To paint velvet.

VELVET, VELVETED

a.Made of velvet; or soft and delicate, like velvet.

VELVETEEN

n.A kind of cloth made in imitation of velvet.

VELVETING

n.The fine shag of velvet.

VELVETY

a.Made of velvet, or like velvet; soft; smooth; delicate.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

VELVET

Vel "vet, n. Etym: [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. (Zoöl.) (a ) 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. (b )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 (Zoöl.), the water rail; -- so called from its quiet, stealthy manner of running. [Prov. Eng. ] -- Velvet scoter. (Zoöl.) Same as Velvet duck, above. -- Velvet sponge. (Zoöl.) See under Sponge.

VELVET

VELVET Vel "vet, a.

Defn: Made of velvet; soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety. " The cowslip's velvet head. " Milton.

VELVET

VELVET Vel "vet, v. i.

Defn: To pain velvet. [R.] Peacham.

VELVET

VELVET Vel "vet, v. t.

Defn: To make like, or cover with, velvet. [R.]

VELVETBREAST

VELVETBREAST Vel "vet *breast `, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The goosander. [Local, U. S.]

VELVETEEN

Vel `vet *een ", n. Etym: [Cf. F. velvetine. See Velvet. ]

Defn: A kind of cloth, usually cotton, made in imitation of velvet; cotton velvet.

VELVETING

VELVETING Vel "vet *ing, n.

Defn: The fine shag or nap of velvet; a piece of velvet; velvet goods.

VELVETLEAF

VELVETLEAF Vel "vet *leaf `, n. (Bot. )

Defn: A name given to several plants which have soft, velvety leaves, as the Abutilon Avicennæ, the Cissampelos Pareira, and the Lavatera arborea, and even the common mullein.

VELVETY

VELVETY Vel "vet *y, a.

Defn: Made of velvet, or like velvet; soft; smooth; delicate.

New American Oxford Dictionary

velvet

vel vet |ˈvelvət ˈvɛlvət | ▶noun a closely woven fabric of silk, cotton, or nylon, that has a thick short pile on one side. • soft downy skin that covers a deer's antler while it is growing. PHRASES on velvet informal, dated in an advantageous or prosperous position. DERIVATIVES vel vet ed adjective, vel vet y adjective ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French veluotte, from velu ‘velvety, ’ from medieval Latin villutus, from Latin villus ‘tuft, down. ’

velvet ant

vel vet ant ▶noun an antlike velvety-bodied insect related to the wasps. The female is wingless, and the larvae parasitize the young of bees and wasps in the nest. [Family Mutillidae, superfamily Scolioidea: numerous species. ]

velveteen

vel vet een |ˈvelvəˌtēn, ˌvelvəˈtēn velvəˈtiːn | ▶noun a cotton fabric with a pile resembling velvet. • (velveteens ) dated trousers made of this fabric.

velvet grass

vel vet grass ▶noun a common pasture grass with soft downy leaves, native to Eurasia and naturalized in North America. [Holcus lanatus, family Gramineae. ]

velvetleaf

vel vet leaf |ˈvelvətˌlēf ˈvɛlvətlif | ▶noun ( pl. same or velvetleafs ) a Eurasian plant of the mallow family, with large heart-shaped velvety leaves and yellow flowers. It is naturalized in North America, where it has become a serious weed of farmland. [Abutilon theophrasti, family Malvaceae. ]

velvet revolution

vel vet rev o lu tion ▶noun a nonviolent political revolution, esp. the relatively smooth change from communism to a Western-style democracy in Czechoslovakia at the end of 1989. ORIGIN translating Czech sametová revoluce.

Velvet Underground

Velvet Underground a US rock group formed in 1965, unsuccessful in the 1960s but extremely influential since their dissolution and probably best known for their first album, The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967 ), produced in association with Andy Warhol. The backing to the songs of vocalist Lou Reed displayed the avant-garde influences of classically trained viola player John Cale (b.1942 ).

velvet worm

vel vet worm ▶noun see Onychophora.

Oxford Dictionary

velvet

vel ¦vet |ˈvɛlvɪt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a closely woven fabric of silk, cotton, or nylon, that has a thick short pile on one side. • soft downy skin that covers a deer's antler while it is growing. PHRASES on velvet informal, dated in an advantageous or prosperous position. DERIVATIVES velveted adjective, velvety adjective ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French veluotte, from velu ‘velvety ’, from medieval Latin villutus, from Latin villus ‘tuft, down ’.

velvet ant

vel ¦vet ant ▶noun an ant-like velvety-bodied insect that is related to the wasps. The female is wingless and the larvae parasitize the young of bees and wasps in the nest. ●Family Mutillidae, superfamily Scolioidea: numerous species, including the European Mutilla europaea.

velvet bean

vel ¦vet bean ▶noun see mucuna.

velveteen

vel ¦vet |een |ˌvɛlvɪˈtiːn | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a cotton fabric with a pile resembling velvet. • (velveteens ) dated trousers made of velveteen.

velvet grass

vel vet grass ▶noun a common pasture grass with soft downy leaves, native to Eurasia and naturalized in North America. [Holcus lanatus, family Gramineae. ]

velvetleaf

vel ¦vet |leaf |ˈvɛlvɪtliːf | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a Eurasian plant of the mallow family, with large heart-shaped velvety leaves and yellow flowers. It is naturalized in North America, where it has become a serious weed of farmland. ●Abutilon theophrasti, family Malvaceae.

velvet revolution

vel ¦vet revo |lu ¦tion ▶noun a non-violent political revolution, especially the relatively smooth change from Communism to a Western-style democracy in Czechoslovakia at the end of 1989. ORIGIN translating Czech sametová revoluce.

Velvet Underground

Velvet Underground a US rock group formed in 1965, unsuccessful in the 1960s but extremely influential since their dissolution and probably best known for their first album, The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967 ), produced in association with Andy Warhol. The backing to the songs of vocalist Lou Reed displayed the avant-garde influences of classically trained viola player John Cale (b.1942 ).

velvet worm

vel ¦vet worm ▶noun an onychophoran.

American Oxford Thesaurus

velvety

velvety adjective the puppy's velvety coat: soft, furry, downy, fleecy, creamy; velvet; strokable.

Duden Dictionary

Velvet

Vel vet Substantiv, maskulin oder Substantiv, Neutrum , der oder das |V e lvet |der Velvet oder das Velvet; Genitiv: des Velvets, Plural: die Velvets lateinisch-vulgärlateinisch -französisch -englisch Baumwollsamt mit glatter Oberfläche

Spanish Dictionary

velvetón

velvetón nombre masculino Tela de algodón que imita el terciopelo empleada principalmente en tapicería .

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

velvet

vel vet /vélvɪt /〖語源は「ふさふさした毛」〗名詞複～s /-ts /1 U 〖種類では可算〗ビロード , ベルベット ▸ cotton velvet 綿ビロード, 唐天（とうてん）▸ Rosie's smile was as soft as velvet .ロージーのほほえみはまるでビロードのように柔らかだった .2 C (表面が )ビロード状のもの〘桃の薄皮の表面, 産毛のあるほお, 苔（こけ）むした石や木の幹の表面など〙.3 C 袋角〘シカの若角を覆う軟毛皮〙.4 U ｟俗｠(賭（か）け事などの )もうけ (gain ); 利益 .be on v é lvet ｟くだけてやや古｠(特に賭け事や投機で )有利な立場にある, ついている .形容詞〖名詞の前で〗1 ビロード (製 )の ▸ a velvet curtain ビロードのカーテン ▸ velvet goods ビロード製品 .2 ビロードのような, なめらかな, 柔らかな ▸ a velvet -voiced singer なめらかな声の歌手 ▸ in velvet words 柔らかな言葉で .～̀ gl ó ve (頑固さを隠すための )外見的な優しさ .

velveteen

vel vet een /vèlvətíːn /名詞 1 U 別珍（べっちん）, 唐天（とうてん）, 綿ビロード .2 〖～s 〗別珍製のズボン .

velvety

v é l vet y 形容詞 1 ビロードのようになめらかな [柔らかな ].2 〈色音などが〉柔らかい ; 〈酒などが〉口当たりのよい, まろやかな .