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English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

  1. Made of silk.
  2. Having a smooth, soft, or light texture, like that of silk.


Translations

Category:English adjectives ending -en

fa:silken fr:silken hu:silken te:silken vi:silken

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Silken \Silk"en\, a. [AS. seolcen, seolocen.]
1. Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk;
as, silken cloth; a silken veil.
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2. Fig.: Soft; delicate; tender; smooth; as, silken language.
"Silken terms precise." --Shak.
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3. Dressed in silk. "A . . . silken wanton." --Shak.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Silken \Silk"en\, v. t.
To render silken or silklike. --Dyer.
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WordNet silken
adj : having a smooth, gleaming surface; "glossy auburn hair";
"satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken
eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick
seals and otters" [syn: glossy, satiny, sleek, silky,
silklike, slick]
Moby Dictionary
buffed , burnished , cottony , deferential , disarming , finished ,
furbished , glace , glassy , glazed , gleaming , glossy , insinuating ,
insinuative , lacquered , plush , plushy , polished , rubbed ,
saccharine , satinlike , satiny , sericeous , shellacked , shiny ,
silklike , silky , sleek , slick , soft as silk , varnished , velutinous ,
velvetlike , velvety


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