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Silver

noun

1.

A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography. Synonyms: Ag, atomic number 47.

2.

Coins made of silver.

3.

A light shade of grey. Synonyms: ash gray, ash grey, silver gray, silver grey.

4.

Silverware eating utensils. Synonym: flatware.

5.

A trophy made of silver (or having the appearance of silver) that is usually awarded for winning second place in a competition. Synonym: silver medal.

adjective

1.

Made from or largely consisting of silver.

2.

Having the white lustrous sheen of silver. Synonyms: silvern, silvery. "Repeated scrubbings have given the wood a silvery sheen"

3.

Of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver. Synonyms: argent, silverish, silvery.

4.

Expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively. Synonyms: eloquent, facile, fluent, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken. "Silver speech"

verb

(past & past part. silvered; pres. part. silvering)

1.

Coat with a layer of silver or a silver amalgam.

2.

Make silver in color.

3.

Turn silver.

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"Silver" Quotes from Famous Books

... to send for medicine when any of them were ailing, and they repaid her kindness by leaving her live stock alone. Once she lost some of her silver-pencilled chickens, but they were soon returned, and it was said that the man who stole them had a very bad beating from one of the Lees who had been a prizefighter. A few marks on the lintel on the door let all the regular tramps know that Miss Anne's property ...

— The Romance of the Coast • James Runciman

... satisfy you," said Ruth, firmly; and Betty Rolff had to be satisfied with this promise. She told the chums where she and Margaret were staying and then Ruth and Helen ran back to their friends, Ruth concealing the hastily wiped silver vase under the ...

— Ruth Fielding At College - or The Missing Examination Papers • Alice B. Emerson

... astonished look with an eye that seemed to ask me why I lingered. Then reading mayhap what was passing in my thoughts, he raised a little silver whistle to his lips and blew ...

— The Suitors of Yvonne • Raphael Sabatini

... the electric flame department of the infernal regions there stands a little silver gridiron. It is the private property of his Satanic majesty, and is reserved exclusively for the man who invented amateur theatricals. It is hard to see why the amateur actor has been allowed to work ...

— The Gem Collector • P. G. Wodehouse

... its original happy condition and fortunate estate, into idolatry and barbarism: but all nations retained the memory of that old estate; and the poets, in those early days the only historians, commemorated the succession of the ages of gold, silver, brass, and iron. ...

— Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry • Albert Pike

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