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silk
UK
/sɪlk/
US
/sɪlk/
silks
pl
Translations
The dress was made of pure silk.
Платье было сделано из чистого шелка.
Definitions
The dress was made of the finest silk, shimmering under the lights.
She wore a beautiful silk dress to the gala, which caught everyone's attention.
The embroidery was done with silk, giving it a rich and vibrant look.
The spider spun a web of silk between the branches.
The barrister donned his silk before entering the courtroom.
After fifteen years at the Bar, she finally took silk in 2019.
Before boiling the cobs, he carefully removed the corn silk.
The jockeys’ silks flashed vividly as the horses thundered down the track.
silked
Past Simple
silked
Past Participle
silking
Gerund
UK
/sɪlk/
US
/sɪlk/
Rare but attested verb uses: of maize ‘to produce silks’; transitive ‘to cover with silk’ or ‘to remove silks from corn’.
Definitions
The sweet-corn crop usually silks about ten weeks after sowing.
The milliners silked the hat with a narrow crimson band.
She sat on the porch silking a basket of freshly picked corn.