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# silken

adjective (silken)

«silken» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Made of silk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silken/#m1)
2. Soft, smooth and shiny like silk: «silken hair», «a silken voice». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silken/#m2)

### In the lessons

A literary, poetic word in stories and fairy tales: a princess's silken dress, the Rat's silken fur, the river's silken surface. In everyday speech people more often say «silk» or «silky».

### Examples

- The princess wore a silken gown. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silken/#x1)
- Her hair was long and silken. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silken/#x2)
- The river slid by with a silken sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silken/#x3)
- The cat's fur felt silken under my hand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silken/#x4)
- He spoke in a soft, silken voice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silken/#x5)
- A silken thread hung from the spider's web. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silken/#x6)
- The king sat on silken cushions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silken/#x7)
- How her silken robe is rustling! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silken/#x8)

### Note

Old-fashioned, literary form; «silky» is the everyday word. Do not add -er/-est; say «more silken».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «silken» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silken/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«silken» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/silken.html) on Mova free.