It is not possible to produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value.

Made of silk. / Having a smooth, soft, or light texture, like that of silk; suggestive of silk.

(transitive) To render silken or silklike.

In a silken manner.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of silken

present participle of silken

simple past tense and past participle of silken

A cotton fabric that looks and feels like silk.

plural of silken tofu

A soft, moist form of tofu that has not been drained or pressed.