silken
silken is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Fig.: Soft; delicate; tender; smooth; as, silken language. "Silken terms precise." Shak.
- 2.Dressed in silk. "A . . . silken wanton." Shak.
- 3.To render silken or silklike. Dyer.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- and
- bed
- best
- breath
- breathing
- cease
- cessation
- chair
- day
- down
- ease
- easy
- ever
- fallow
- halt
- hand
- have
- holiday
- inaction
- lie
- men
- nature
- non
- our
- pause
- people
- recess
- recline
- red-letter
- refresh
- relax
- relaxation
- repair
- repose
- respite
- rest
- shop
- shut
- slacken
- sleep
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
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Definition-first questions whose answer is silken.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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