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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Silken

/sĭl'-kən/ · Silk·en · IPA /ˈsɪlkən/
01 a. Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; as, silken cloth; a silken veil.
  1. 1.
    Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; as, silken cloth; a silken veil.
  2. 2.
    Fig.: Soft; delicate; tender; smooth; as, silken language.
  3. 3.
    Dressed in silk.
02 v. t. To render silken or silklike.
  1. 1.
    To render silken or silklike.