Definition of velvet

• n. - 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.
• n. - The soft and highly vascular deciduous skin which envelops and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid growth.
• a. - Made of velvet; soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety.
• v. i. - To pain velvet.
• v. t. - To make like, or cover with, velvet.