Would God, I were the tender apple blossom, That floats and falls from off the twisted bough, To lie and faint within your silken bosom, Within your silken bosom as that does now.
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Silken
//ˈsɪlkən//
Synonyms for "silken" (49 found)
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Related words (24)
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Translations
17 translations across 14 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σηρικός adj (made of silk)
Armenian
3 entries- աբրեշումե adj (made of silk)
- մետաքսե adj (made of silk)
- մետաքսյա adj (made of silk)
Bulgarian
1 entries- копринен adj (made of silk)
Czech
1 entries- hedvábný adj (made of silk)
Dutch
1 entries- zijden adj (made of silk)
Esperanto
1 entries- silka adj (made of silk)
German
1 entries- seiden adj (made of silk)
Hungarian
1 entries- selyem adj (made of silk)
Ingrian
1 entries- šulkkuin adj (made of silk)
Italian
2 entries- di seta adj (made of silk)
- serico adj (made of silk)
Old English
1 entries- seolcen adj (made of silk)
Polish
1 entries- jedwabny adj (made of silk)
Russian
1 entries- шёлковый adj (made of silk)
Spanish
1 entries- de seda adj (made of silk)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
When Elsa awoke the next morning in her silken bed, with its soft white pillows, she saw a beautiful dress lying over the back of a chair, ready for her to put on.
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The king exchanged his baby, a beautiful boy, for the daughter of a peasant, and the prince lived roughly as the son of poor people, while the little girl slept in a golden cradle, under silken sheets.
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All around the walls hung pictures, and by the great stove stood large Chinese vases with lions on the covers; there were rocking-chairs, silken sofas, great tables covered with picture-books, and toys worth a hundred times a hundred dollars, at least the children said so.
Source: tatoeba (5680710)
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