Silk

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider).

   “The thread made of silk was barely visible.”

2. isim A fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers.
3. isim Anything which resembles silk, such as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize, or the seed covering of bombaxes.

   “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.”

4. isim The gown worn by a Senior (i.e. Queen's/King's) Counsel.
5. isim A Queen's Counsel, King's Counsel or Senior Counsel.
6. isim A pair of long silk sheets suspended in the air on which a performer performs tricks.
7. isim The garments worn by a jockey displaying the colors of the horse's owner.
8. fiil To remove the silk from (corn).

   “While we shucked and silked the corn, we talked, sang old nursery rhymes […]”

9. özel isim A surname originating as an occupation for a seller of silk.