Definitions of silver [ˈsɪl vər]

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Definition of 'silver'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) silver
a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, and conductors.

2.  silver
coins made of this metal; specie; money:
a handful of silver.

3.  silver
this metal as a commodity or considered as a currency standard.

4.  silver
table articles, as flatware, made of or plated with silver.

5.  silver
flatware made of any metal.

6.  silver
something resembling this metal in color, luster, etc.

7.  silver
a lustrous grayish white or whitish gray.

8. (adj.) silver
made of or plated with silver.

9.  silver
of or pertaining to silver.

10.  silver
producing or yielding silver.

11.  silver
of the color silver; silvery.

12.  silver
clear, soft, and ringing:
silver sounds.

13.  silver
eloquent; persuasive:
a silver tongue.

14.  silver
indicating the twenty-fifth event of a series, as a wedding anniversary.

15.  silver
urging the use of silver as a currency standard.

16. (v.t.) silver
to coat with silver or some silverlike substance.

17.  silver
to give a silvery color to.

18. (v.i.) silver
to become a silvery color.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME silver(e), selver(e), OE siolfor (orig. n.), c. OHG sil(a)bar, ON silfr, Go silubr)

Definition of 'silver'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) silver, Ag, atomic number 47
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

2. (noun) silver
coins made of silver

3. (noun) ash grey, ash gray, silver, silver grey, silver gray
a light shade of grey

4. (noun) flatware, silver
silverware eating utensils

5. (adj) silver medal, silver
a trophy made of silver (or having the appearance of silver) that is usually awarded for winning second place in a competition

6. (adj) silver
made from or largely consisting of silver
"silver bracelets"

7. (adj) silver, silvern, silvery
having the white lustrous sheen of silver
"a land of silver (or silvern) rivers where the salmon leap"; "repeated scrubbings have given the wood a silvery sheen"

8. (adj) argent, silver, silvery, silverish
of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver
"silvery hair"

9. (verb) eloquent, facile, fluent, silver, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken
expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
"able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech"

10. (verb) silver
coat with a layer of silver or a silver amalgam
"silver the necklace"

11. (verb) silver
make silver in color
"Her worries had silvered her hair"

12. (verb) silver
turn silver
"The man's hair silvered very attractively"

Definition of 'silver'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) silver
a light gray, shiny precious metal, or objects made from this
a bracelet made of silver; a collection of silver

2. silver
a light gray color
the silver of her hair

3. silver
a silver medal
determined to win the silver

Definition of 'silver'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) silver
of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver leaf; a silver cup

2. (adj) silver
resembling silver

3. (adj) silver
bright; resplendent; white

4. (adj) silver
precious; costly

5. (adj) silver
giving a clear, ringing sound soft and clear

6. (adj) silver
sweet; gentle; peaceful

7. (noun) silver
a soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile, very malleable, and capable of a high degree of polish. It is found native, and also combined with sulphur, arsenic, antimony, chlorine, etc., in the minerals argentite, proustite, pyrargyrite, ceragyrite, etc. Silver is one of the "noble" metals, so-called, not being easily oxidized, and is used for coin, jewelry, plate, and a great variety of articles. Symbol Ag (Argentum). Atomic weight 107.7. Specific gravity 10.5

8. (noun) silver
coin made of silver; silver money

9. (noun) silver
anything having the luster or appearance of silver

10. (noun) silver
the color of silver

11. (verb) silver
to cover with silver; to give a silvery appearance to by applying a metal of a silvery color; as, to silver a pin; to silver a glass mirror plate with an amalgam of tin and mercury

12. (verb) silver
to polish like silver; to impart a brightness to, like that of silver

13. (verb) silver
to make hoary, or white, like silver

14. (verb) silver
to acquire a silvery color

Definition of 'silver'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. silver
Silver. An element with the atomic symbol Ag, atomic number 47, and atomic weight 107.87. It is a soft metal that is used medically in surgical instruments, dental prostheses, and alloys. Long-continued use of silver salts can lead to a form of poisoning known as ARGYRIA.

Translation of 'silver'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: an element, a precious grey metal which is used in making jewellery, ornaments etc The tray was made of solid silver.
Afrikaans: silwer	Arabic: فِضَّه	Bulgarian: сребро
Brazilian: prata	Czech: stříbro	German: das Silber
Danish: sølv	Greek: άργυρος	Spanish: plata
Estonian: hõbe	Farsi: نقره	Finnish: hopea
French: argent	Hebrew: כֶּסֶף	Hindi: चांदी
Croatian: srebro	Hungarian: ezüst	Indonesian: perak
Icelandic: silfur	Italian: argento	Japanese: 銀
Korean: 은	Lithuanian: sidabras	Latvian: sudrabs
Malay: perak	Dutch: zilver	Norwegian: sølv
Polish: srebro	Persian: نقره	Pashto: سپين زر: سپين: كاچوغې اوپ
Portuguese: prata	Romanian: argint	Russian: серебро
Slovak: striebro	Slovenian: srebro	Serbian: srebro
Swedish: silver	Thai: ธาตุเงิน	Turkish: gümüş
Taiwanese: 銀	Ukrainian: срібло	Urdu: چاندی
Vietnamese: bạc	Chinese: 银
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