[vel-vit] 
| 1. | a fabric of silk, nylon, acetate, rayon, etc., sometimes having a cotton backing, with a thick, soft pile formed of loops of the warp thread either cut at the outer end or left uncut. |
| 2. | something likened to the fabric velvet, as in softness or texture: the velvet of her touch; the velvet of the lawn. |
| 3. | the soft, deciduous covering of a growing antler. |
| 4. | Informal. a very pleasant, luxurious, desirable situation. |
| 5. | Informal.
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| 6. | Also, vel⋅vet⋅ed. made of velvet or covered with velvet. |
| 7. | Also, vel⋅vet⋅like. resembling or suggesting velvet; smooth; soft; velvety: a velvet night; a cat's velvet fur. |
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