silk

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === enPR: sĭlk, IPA(key): /sɪlk/ Rhymes: -ɪlk === Noun === silk (countable and uncountable, plural silks) (chiefly uncountable) A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider). A thread or yarn made from silk fibers. A fine, soft cloth woven from silk yarn or thread. (circus arts, in the plural) A pair of long silk sheets suspended in the air on which a performer performs tricks. A parachute. An article of clothing made from silk cloth. (horse racing, usually in the plural) The garments worn by a jockey displaying the colors of the horse's owner. The gown worn by a Senior (i.e., Queen's/King's) Counsel. (figurative, colloquial, metonymic) A Queen's Counsel, King's Counsel or Senior Counsel. Anything which resembles silk, such as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize or the seed covering of bombaxes. Hyponym: milkweed silk ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Hawaiian: kilika → Unami: sìlk ==== Translations ==== === Verb === silk (third-person singular simple present silks, present participle silking, simple past and past participle silked) (intransitive, agriculture, of corn) To develop silk. (transitive, cooking) To remove the silk from (corn). ==== See also ==== sericin === Anagrams === LISK, skil, Kils, ilks, Lisk == Azerbaijani == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic سِلْك. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [silc] === Noun === silk (definite accusative silki, plural silklər) (archaic) profession, corps, cadre social class, social stratum Synonym: təbəqə ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “silk” in Obastan.com.