A soft, dense-piled woven fabric with a rich surface.

• Originally silk; now also cotton, rayon, or synthetic.

The soft skin and fur on growing deer antlers.

• Very fine, soft animal fur.

To coat raw meat in starch, then oil, before frying.

To cover with velvet or a velvety material.

• To make soft or mellow in tone or effect.

Made of velvet.

• Soft, smooth, and rich in texture; velvety.

Peaceful and nonviolent, especially of political change.