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1.nounA closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.
2.nounVery fine fur, including the skin and fur on a deer's antlers.
3.nounA female chinchilla; a sow.
4.nounThe drug dextromethorphan.
5.nounMoney acquired by gambling.
6.verbTo cover with velvet or with a covering of a similar texture.
7.verbTo coat raw meat in starch, then in oil, preparatory to frying.
8.verbTo remove the velvet from a deer's antlers.
9.verbTo soften; to mitigate.
10.verb(of a cat's claws) to retract.
11.adjectiveMade of velvet.
12.adjectiveSoft and delicate, like velvet; velvety.
13.adjectivePeaceful, carried out without violence; especially as pertaining to the peaceful breakup of Czechoslovakia.