1. velvet, fabric with a soft pile. velvety, with a soft pile; luxurious, rich. plushplush , n. [f. pluche, peluche (cf. it. peluzzo), fr. l. pilus hair. see: pile hair, and cf. peruke.] a textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet.plush characterized by extravagance and profusion; a lavish buffet; a lucullan feast [syn: lavish, lucullan, lush, plushy] a fabric with a nap that is longer and softer than velvet