–noun

1.	the soft, lustrous fiber obtained as a filament from the cocoon of the silkworm.

2.	thread made from this fiber.

3.	cloth made from this fiber.

4.	a garment of this cloth.

5.	a gown of such material worn distinctively by a King's or Queen's Counsel at the English bar.

6.	silks, the blouse and peaked cap, considered together, worn by a jockey or sulky driver in a race.

7.	Informal. a parachute, esp. one opened aloft.

8.	any fiber or filamentous matter resembling silk, as a filament produced by certain spiders, the thread of a mollusk, or the like.

9.	the hairlike styles on an ear of corn.

10.	British Informal. a. a King's or Queen's Counsel. b. any barrister of high rank.

–adjective

11.	made of silk.

12.	resembling silk; silky.

13.	of or pertaining to silk.

–verb (used without object)

14.	(of corn) to be in the course of developing silk.

—Idioms

15.	hit the silk, Slang. to parachute from an aircraft; bail out.

16.	take silk, British. to become a Queen's or King's Counsel.

–noun

1.	a usually lightweight, loose-fitting garment for women and children, covering the body from the neck or shoulders more or less to the waistline, with or without a collar and sleeves, worn inside or outside a skirt, slacks, etc.

2.	a single-breasted, semifitted military jacket.

3.	a loose outer garment, reaching to the hip or thigh, or below the knee, and sometimes belted. Compare smock frock.

–verb (used without object)

4.	to puff out in a drooping fullness, as a blouse above a fitted waistband.

–verb (used with object)

5.	to dispose the material of a garment in loose folds, as trouser legs over the tops of boots.