silk
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: arts
circus
hobbies
horse-racing
horseracing
horses
lifestyle
performing-arts
pets
racing
sports
Etymology: From Middle English silk, sylk, selk, selc, from Old English sioloc, seoloc, seolc (“silk”). The immediate source is uncertain; it probably reached English via the Baltic trade routes (cognates in Old Norse silki (> Danish silke, Swedish silke (“silk”)), Russian шёлк (šolk), obsolete Lithuanian zilkai̇̃), all ultimately from Late Latin sēricus, from Ancient Greek σηρικός (sērikós), ultimately from an Oriental language (represented now by e.g. Chinese 絲 /丝 (sī, “silk”)). Displaced Old English sīde (“silk”). Compare Seres. Doublet of seric and serge.
Inflected forms:
form: silks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: silks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: silking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: silked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: silked
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider).
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The thread made of silk was barely visible.
gloss: A fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side.
gloss: Anything which resembles silk, such as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize, or the seed covering of bombaxes.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety. She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.
gloss: The gown worn by a Senior (i.e. Queen's/King's) Counsel.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A Queen's Counsel, King's Counsel or Senior Counsel.
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
countable
uncountable
gloss: A pair of long silk sheets suspended in the air on which a performer performs tricks.
pos: noun
tags: countable
in-plural
uncountable
gloss: The garments worn by a jockey displaying the colors of the horse's owner.
pos: noun
tags: countable
plural-normally
uncountable
gloss: To remove the silk from (corn).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: While we shucked and silked the corn, we talked, sang old nursery rhymes […]
Derived words: ahimsa silk
cactus silk
cornsilk
corn silk
crow-silk
desilk
fart through silk
floss silk
floss-silk
flox silk
glass silk
golden silk orb-weaver
hit the silk
make a silk purse of a sow's ear
nonsilk
oiled silk
peace silk
raw silk
sabra silk
sea silk
silk-cotton tree
silk elevator
silken
silker
silkette
silkgrass
silkgrower
silkgrowing
silkless
silklike
silkman
silk moss
silkmoth
silkness
silk-oak
silk oak
silk paper
silk press
silkpunk
silkscreen
silk screen effect
silk-screen printing
silk serge
silk shag
silk-stocking
silkstone
silktail
silktassel
silk tree
silkware
silkwear
silkweaver
silkweaving
silkweed
silkwoman
silkwork
silkworks
silkworm
silky
smooth as silk
soft as silk
Sri Lankan tussar silk moth
take silk
widow's silk
you can't make a silk purse of a sow's ear
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: mëndafsh
lang: Southern Altai
word: торко
roman: torko
lang: Southern Altai
word: јибек
roman: ǰibek
lang: Arabic
word: حَرِير
roman: ḥarīr
lang: Arabic
word: إبْرِيسِم
roman: ʔibrīsim
lang: Arabic
word: إبْرَيْسَم
roman: ʔibraysam
lang: Arabic
word: حرير
roman: ḥarīr
lang: Arabic
word: حرير
roman: ḥarīr
lang: Armenian
word: մետաքս
roman: metakʻs
lang: Aromanian
word: mãtase
lang: Asturian
word: seda
lang: Azerbaijani
word: ipək
lang: Belarusian
word: шоўк
roman: šowk
lang: Belarusian
word: ядва́б
roman: jadváb
lang: Bengali
word: সিল্ক
roman: śilko
lang: Bengali
word: রেশম
roman: reśom
lang: Bulgarian
word: копри́на
roman: koprína
lang: Burmese
word: ပိုး
roman: pui:
lang: Catalan
word: seda
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 絲 /丝
roman: si¹
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 絲綢 /丝绸
roman: si¹ cau⁴
lang: Chinese
word: сычу
roman: sɨču
lang: Eastern Min Chinese
word: 絲綢 /丝绸
roman: sĭ-dièu
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 絲綢 /丝绸
roman: sṳ̂-chhù
lang: Chinese
word: 絲 /丝
roman: si / su
lang: Chinese
word: 絲綢 /丝绸
roman: si-tiû
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 絲 /丝
roman: sī
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 絲綢 /丝绸
roman: sīchóu
lang: Northern Min Chinese
word: 絲綢 /丝绸
roman: sí-diû
lang: Wu Chinese
word: 絲綢 /丝绸
lang: Czech
word: hedvábí
lang: Dalmatian
word: saita
lang: Danish
word: silke
lang: Dutch
word: zijde
lang: Dutch
word: zijdedoek
lang: Estonian
word: siid
lang: Faroese
word: silki
lang: Finnish
word: silkki
lang: French
word: soie
lang: Friulian
word: sede
lang: Galician
word: seda
lang: Galician
word: serda
lang: Georgian
word: აბრეშუმი
roman: abrešumi
lang: German
word: Seide
lang: Greek
word: μετάξι
roman: metáxi
lang: Ancient Greek
word: μέταξα
roman: métaxa
lang: Ancient Greek
word: σηρικόν
roman: sērikón
lang: Hawaiian
word: lole paheʻe
lang: Hebrew
word: מֶשִׁי
roman: méshi
lang: Hindi
word: रेशम
roman: reśam
lang: Hindi
word: कौशेय
roman: kauśey
lang: Hungarian
word: selyem
lang: Icelandic
word: silki
lang: Ingrian
word: šulkku
lang: Irish
word: síoda
lang: Irish
word: éadach síoda
lang: Italian
word: seta
lang: Japanese
word: 絹
roman: kinu
lang: Japanese
word: 絹布
roman: kenpu
lang: Japanese
word: 絹地
roman: kinuji
lang: Kazakh
word: жібек
roman: jıbek
lang: Khmer
word: ព្រែ
roman: prɛɛ
lang: Korean
word: 비단
roman: bidan
lang: Central Kurdish
word: ئاوریشم
roman: awrîşim
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: hevrîşm
lang: Kyrgyz
word: жибек
roman: jibek
lang: Lao
word: ໄໝ
roman: mai
lang: Latin
word: sēricum
lang: Latin
word: bombȳx
lang: Latvian
word: zīds
lang: Lithuanian
word: šilkas
lang: Livonian
word: zīḑõz
lang: Macedonian
word: свила
roman: svila
lang: Malay
word: sutera
lang: Malayalam
word: പട്ട്
roman: paṭṭŭ
lang: Maltese
word: ħarir
lang: Māori
word: hiraka
lang: Mongolian
word: торго
roman: torgo
lang: Nanai
word: гокси
roman: goksi
lang: Nanai
word: сэурэ
roman: seure
lang: Navajo
word: naakʼaʼatʼą́hí disǫsígíí
lang: Nivkh
word: чарб
roman: ț’arb
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: silke
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: silke
lang: Occitan
word: seda
lang: Old East Slavic
word: шьлкъ
roman: šĭlkŭ
lang: Old Norse
word: silki
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: гадваб
roman: hadvab
lang: Iranian Persian
word: سیلْک
roman: silk
lang: Iranian Persian
word: دیبا
roman: dibâ
lang: Iranian Persian
word: پَرْنِیان
roman: parniyân
lang: Iranian Persian
word: پَرَنْد
roman: parand
lang: Iranian Persian
word: لاد
roman: lâd
lang: Iranian Persian
word: سَرِه
roman: sare
lang: Iranian Persian
word: اَبْریشَم
roman: abrišam
lang: Iranian Persian
word: اَبْریشُم
roman: abrišom
lang: Iranian Persian
word: حَریر
roman: harir
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Sied
lang: Polish
word: jedwab
lang: Portuguese
word: seda
lang: Romanian
word: mătase
lang: Romansh
word: saida
lang: Romansh
word: seida
lang: Romansh
word: seda
lang: Russian
word: шёлк
roman: šolk
lang: Northern Sami
word: silki
lang: Sanskrit
word: कौशेय
roman: kauśeya
lang: Sardinian
word: seda
lang: Sardinian
word: sera
lang: Sardinian
word: seta
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: sìoda
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: sròl
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: сви́ла
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: svíla
lang: Slovak
word: hodváb
lang: Slovene
word: svila
lang: Spanish
word: seda
lang: Swedish
word: siden
lang: Swedish
word: silke
lang: Tagalog
word: sutla
lang: Tagalog
word: seda
lang: Tajik
word: абрешим
roman: abrešim
lang: Tajik
word: шоҳӣ
roman: šohi
lang: Tamil
word: பட்டு
roman: paṭṭu
lang: Taos
word: sédoną
lang: Telugu
word: పట్టు
roman: paṭṭu
lang: Thai
word: ไหม
roman: mǎi
lang: Thai
word: ผ้าไหม
roman: pâa-mǎi
lang: Thai
word: แพร
roman: prɛɛ
lang: Tongan
word: silika
lang: Turkish
word: ipek
lang: Turkmen
word: ýüpek
lang: Udi
word: абришӏум
roman: abriš:um
lang: Ukrainian
word: шовк
roman: šovk
lang: Ukrainian
word: єдва́б
roman: jedváb
lang: Urdu
word: ریشَم
roman: reśam
lang: Uyghur
word: يىپەك
roman: yipek
lang: Uzbek
word: ipak
lang: Uzbek
word: harir
lang: Vietnamese
word: vải lụa
lang: Vietnamese
word: lụa
lang: Vietnamese
word: tơ lụa
lang: Vietnamese
word: xoa
lang: Yiddish
word: זײַד
roman: zayd
lang: Zhuang
word: seicouz
lang: Zhuang
word: couz