velvet
To cover with velvet or with a covering of a similar textureTo cover with velvet or with a covering of a similar texture.
» If you pick up the velvet, you can feel how soft it is.
Meaning
5 sensesTo cover with velvet or with a covering of a similar texture.
To coat raw meat in starch, then in oil, preparatory to frying.
To remove the velvet from a deer's antlers.
(das Geweih) fegen, verfegen
(figuratively, transitive)To soften; to mitigate.
mildern
To retract.
die Krallen einziehen
Examples
42 sentencesIf you pick up the velvet, you can feel how soft it is.
This cloth feels like velvet.
ruЭта ткань на ощупь как бархат. — Ooneykcall
deDieser Stoff fühlt sich samtig an. — Tamy
What do you know about velvet?
Що ти знаєш про оксамит? — deniko
Velvet pants are out of style.
Вельветові штани вийшли з моди. — deniko
deSamthosen sind aus der Mode. — Yorwba
Velvet trousers are out of style.
Вельветові штани вийшли з моди. — deniko
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English velvet, velwet, veluet, from Old Occitan veluet, from Vulgar Latin *viFrom Middle English velvet, velwet, veluet, from Old Occitan veluet, from Vulgar Latin *villutittus, diminutive of villūtus, from Latin villus (“shaggy hair, tuft of hair”). Cognate with French velours.
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Forms
velvets, velveting, velveted, velvetedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle