Silk Definition
sĭlk
silks
noun
The fine, soft, shiny fiber produced by silkworms to form their cocoons.
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Thread or fabric made from this fiber.
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A garment or other article made of this fabric.
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A silky filamentous material spun by a spider or an insect such as a webspinner.
American Heritage
A distinctive silk uniform, as of a jockey.
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adjective
Of or like silk; silken.
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verb
To develop silk.
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idiom
hit the silk
- to parachute from an aircraft
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Origin of Silk
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Old English sioloc, seolc. The immediate source is uncertain; it probably reached English via the Baltic trade routes (cognates in Old Norse silki, Russian шёлк (Å¡olk), obsolete Lithuanian zilkaÄ©), all ultimately from Late Latin sÄ“ricus, from Latin sericus, from Ancient Greek σηρικός (serikos), ultimately from an Oriental language (represented now by e.g. Chinese çµ² (sÄ«, “silk")). Compare Seres.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English sioloc probably of Slavic origin (akin to Old Church Slavonic šelkŭ) ultimately from Greek sērikon neuter of sērikos silken serge1
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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