silk
/sɪlk/ verb C2- To develop silk.
- To remove the silk from (corn).
He/she/it silks · Past silked · Past participle silked · -ing form silking
Verb forms
- Base form
- silk
- He/she/it
- silks
- Past
- silked
- Past participle
- silked
- -ing form
- silking
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In a wardrobe were many green dresses, made of silk and satin and velvet; and all of them fitted Dorothy exactly.
The soldier now blew upon a green whistle, and at once a young girl, dressed in a pretty green silk gown, entered the room.
It was the sweetest little room in the world, with a soft comfortable bed that had sheets of green silk and a green velvet counterpane.
Dorothy put on a green silk apron and tied a green ribbon around Toto’s neck, and they started for the Throne Room of the Great Oz.
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