Crossword-Solution: SILKEN
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Silken | a. | Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; as, silken cloth; a silken veil. |
| Silken | a. | Fig.: Soft; delicate; tender; smooth; as, silken language. |
| Silken | a. | Dressed in silk. |
| Silken | v. t. | To render silken or silklike. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SILKEN | anagram | ELKINS, INKLES, KLEINS, KLINES, LIKENS |
We have 35 clues for the answer “SILKEN”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Luxuriously soft and satiny | 1 answer |
| Agreeably smooth. | 1 answer |
| Like jockey's garb | 1 answer |
| Like some kimonos | 1 answer |
| Like some luxurious pajamas | 1 answer |
| Made of parachute material. | 1 answer |
| Soft and fine | 1 answer |
| Soft and slick | 1 answer |
| Variety of tofu | 1 answer |
| Tofu type preferred for miso soup | 1 answer |
| Softly lustrous | 1 answer |
| Velvety smooth | 2 answers |
| Made of silk. | 2 answers |
| Tofu | 3 answers |
| Soft and lustrous | 3 answers |
| Smooth and soft | 3 answers |
| Soft to the touch | 4 answers |
| satiny | 4 answers |
| Smooth and lustrous | 4 answers |
| Soft and smooth | 6 answers |
| AND SOFT SMOOTH | 10 answers |
| AND SMOOTH SOFT | 10 answers |
| ingratiating | 14 answers |
| Slinky | 20 answers |
| teasing | 28 answers |
| Glossy | 32 answers |
| Seductive | 37 answers |
| sensuous | 41 answers |
| Scrumptious | 46 answers |
| Luxurious | 52 answers |
| Winsome | 54 answers |
| sexual | 55 answers |
| Lustrous | 63 answers |
| Winning | 66 answers |
| Smooth | 101 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EARTE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with SILKEN (5)
But when at last, he caught her; when, in spite of all her silken rustlings, and her rapid flutterings past him, he got her into a corner whence there was no escape; then his conduct was the most execrable.
Upon her silken waist clover leaves were embroidered, and she wore a jaunty little jacket trimmed with sparkling emeralds of a uniform size.
Later in the day they would repair to the roofs when the slaves had arranged couches and pitched silken canopies to shade them from the sun.
The effect is as if the voice had been dyed black; or,—if we must use a more moderate simile,—this miserable croak, running through all the variations of the voice, is like a black silken thread, on which the crystal beads of speech are strung, and whence they take their hue.
You will find the just sum in a silken purse within the leathern pouch, and separate from the rest of the gold.” “Bethink thee, man,” said the Captain, “thou speakest of a Jew—of an Israelite,—as unapt to restore gold, as the dry sand of his deserts to return the cup of water which the pilgrim spills upon them.” “There is no more mercy in them,” said another of the banditti, “than in an unbribed sheriffs officer.” “It is, however, as I say,” said Gurth.
Quotes with SILKEN (3)
Aware of every breath, every movement, I sat in his lap. His hands gently braced my hips as I studied his face. “And now I want you to know, Rhysand, that I love you. I want you to know … ”His lips trembled, and I brushed away the tear that escaped down his cheek. “I want you to know,” I whispered, “that I am broken and healing, but every piece of my heart belongs to you. And I am honored — honored to be your mate.” His arms wrapped around me and he pressed his forehead to my…
To Helen I saw thee once-once only-years ago; I must not say how many-but not many. It was a july midnight; and from out A full-orbed moon, that, like thine own soul, soaring, Sought a precipitate pathway up through heaven, There fell a silvery-silken veil of light, With quietude, and sultriness, and slumber Upon the upturn'd faces of a thousand Roses that grew in an enchanted garden, Where no wind dared to stir, unless on tiptoe-Fell on the upturn'd faces of these roses That…
Oh, but once my memories had pulsed with the blood-heat of life. In desperation, I forced myself to recall that once, I had walked with kings and conversed in languages never heard in this land. Once I had stood at the prow of a Sea Wolf ship and sailed oceans unknown to seamen here. I had ridden horses through desert lands, and dined on exotic foods in Arab tents. I had roamed Constantinople’s fabled streets, and bowed before the Holy Roman Emperor’s throne. I had been a sla…
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 28 times in crossword archives (1944–2022).