silken

«silken» in Mova's school dictionary: Made of silk — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (silken)

meaning for a pupil

1) Made of silk. tree →

2) Soft, smooth and shiny like silk: «silken hair», «a silken voice». tree →

sense in the lessons

A literary, poetic word in stories and fairy tales: a princess's silken dress, the Rat's silken fur, the river's silken surface. In everyday speech people more often say «silk» or «silky».

examples

• The princess wore a silken gown. tree →
• Her hair was long and silken. tree →
• The river slid by with a silken sound. tree →
• The cat's fur felt silken under my hand. tree →
• He spoke in a soft, silken voice. tree →
• A silken thread hung from the spider's web. tree →
• The king sat on silken cushions. tree →
• How her silken robe is rustling! tree →

note

Old-fashioned, literary form; «silky» is the everyday word. Do not add -er/-est; say «more silken».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «silken» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.