<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a strong, coarse fiber obtained as a filament from the cocoon of the silkworm.</li><li>thread made from this fiber.</li><li>cloth made from this fiber.</li><li>a garment of this cloth.</li><li>a gown of such material worn distinctively by a King's or Queen's Counsel at the English bar.</li><li>silks, the blouse and peaked cap, considered together, worn by a jockey or sulky driver in a race.</li><li>Informal: a parachute, especially one opened aloft.</li><li>any fiber or filamentous matter resembling silk, as a filament produced by certain spiders, the thread of a mollusk, or the like.</li><li>the hairlike styles on an ear of corn.</li><li>British Informal: a King's or Queen's Counsel.</li><li>any barrister of high rank.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>made of silk.</li><li>resembling silk; silky.</li><li>of or relating to silk.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) (of corn) to be in the course of developing silk.</li></ul>