failure vs velvet

failure

noun
  • Omission to do something, whether or not it was attempted, especially something that ought to have been done. 

  • State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success. 

  • Bankruptcy. 

  • An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure or incapable of success. 

  • Termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function; breakdown. 

velvet

adj
  • Soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety. 

  • Peaceful; carried out without violence; especially as pertaining to the peaceful breakup of Czechoslovakia. 

  • Made of velvet. 

noun
  • The drug dextromethorphan. 

  • A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side. 

  • Money acquired by gambling. 

  • Very fine fur, including the skin and fur on a deer's antlers. 

  • A female chinchilla; a sow. 

verb
  • To remove the velvet from a deer's antlers. 

  • to retract. 

  • To cover with velvet or with a covering of a similar texture. 

  • To coat raw meat in starch, then in oil, preparatory to frying. 

  • To soften; to mitigate. 

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