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• n  a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back
• s  smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste
• s  resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface

• Poland was again the icebreaker for the rest of Central Europe in the "velvet revolutions" of 1989.
• Instead of three-legged stools and linoleum floors, there are deep velvet sofas, stuccoed walls and Giacometti-style cast-bronze doorknobs.
• Actress Ursula Andress dines out in her bronze velvet shorts, and Raquel Welch had a special pair in white matte jersey run up for her to take on location in Spain.

• velvety
• velvet-textured

News & Articles

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• 'True Blood' Stars Drop Season Six Hints at Velvet Opening
  Rutina Wesley and Kristin Bauer van Straten, who play Tara and Pam on HBO's "True Blood," talked about the show's upcoming sixth season at the grand opening of Velvet by Graham & Spencer in Brentwood, Calif.
  June 10, 2013 - Extra TV
• Velvet Wrapped Porsche Panamera Proves Money Buy Buy Taste
  Rappers, footballers and celebrities love to wrap their cars in personalised art. But many believe this velvet-wrapped Porsche Panamera turbo, seen on a suburban London street, has taken garish design to new levels.
  June 7, 2013 - Auto Spies
• Velvet Wrapped Porsche Panamera Proves Money Can't Buy Taste
  Rappers, footballers and celebrities love to wrap their cars in personalised art. But many believe this velvet-wrapped Porsche Panamera turbo, seen on a suburban London street, has taken garish design to new levels.
  June 7, 2013 - Auto Spies

Quotes

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• Mohammad Khatami in Los Angeles Times
  Given what has been done and declared unilaterally, we must say that a velvet revolution has taken place against the people and the democratic roots of the system,Khatami wrote.
• Sebastian Horsley in USA Today
  There really isn'ta more fitting spot for this museum than New York, the hometown of hall of famers like the Velvet Underground, Paul Simon and Blondie ...... this is where Ed Sullivan met the Beatles, where Lou Reed took a walk on the wild... Michael Bloomberg http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bloomberg&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNF0yS62k8BJaV-YE-tVY5NKrA5nbA International Herald Tribune http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/13/arts/NA-US-Rock-and-Roll-Hall-of-Fame.php&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNExTgQ53kM6EuDVCWgqHLC2LlcqXw Aug 13, 2008 107408 140712 velvet I was dressed flamboyantly - top hat, long velvet coat, gloves," Horsley said. "My one concession to American sensibilities was to remove my nail polish. I thought that would get me through."