Definitions for Silver
ˈsɪl vərsil·ver

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. silver, Ag, atomic number 47noun

   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. silvernoun

   coins made of silver

3. ash grey, ash gray, silver, silver grey, silver graynoun

   a light shade of grey

4. flatware, silvernoun

   silverware eating utensils

5. silver medal, silveradjective

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

6. silveradjective

   made from or largely consisting of silver

   "silver bracelets"

7. silver, silvern, silveryadjective

   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. argent, silver, silvery, silverishadjective

   of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver

   "silvery hair"

9. eloquent, facile, fluent, silver, silver-tongued, smooth-spokenverb

   expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively

   "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech"

10. silververb

    coat with a layer of silver or a silver amalgam

    "silver the necklace"

11. silververb

    make silver in color

    "Her worries had silvered her hair"

12. silververb

    turn silver

    "The man's hair silvered very attractively"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. silvernoun

   A lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag.

2. silvernoun

   Coins made from silver or any similar white metal.

3. silvernoun

   Cutlery and other eating utensils, whether silver or made from some other white metal.

4. silvernoun

   Any items made from silver or any other white metal.

5. silveradjective

   Made from silver.

6. silveradjective

   Made from another white metal.

7. silveradjective

   Having a color like silver: a shiny gray.

8. silveradjective

   Denoting the twenty-fifth anniversary, especially of a wedding.

9. Silvernoun

   for a silversmith or a rich man, or for someone having silvery gray hair or living by a silvery brook.

10. Silvernoun

    anglicised from the Jewish ornamental surname Silber.

11. Silvernoun

    from the metal, or transferred from the surname.

12. Silvernoun

    from the metal.

13. Etymology: from siolfor, seolfor, from a Common Germanic *silubran.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Silveradjective

   1. Made of silver.

   Put my silver cup in the sack’s mouth. Gen. xliv.2.

   Hence had the huntress Dian her dread bow,
   Fair silver-shafted queen for ever chaste. John Milton.

   The silver-shafted goddess of the place. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.

   2. White like silver.

   Of all the race of silver-winged flies
   Was none more favourable, nor more fair,
   Than Clarion. Edmund Spenser.

   Old Salisbury, shame to thy silver hair,
   Thou mad misleader of thy brain-sick son. William Shakespeare.

   The great in honour are not always wise,
   Nor judgment under silver tresses lies. George Sandys.

   Others on silver-lakes and rivers bath’d
   Their downy breast. John Milton.

   3. Having a pale lustre.

   So sweet a kiss the golden sun gives not
   To those fresh morning drops upon the rose,
   As thy eye beams, when their fresh rays have smote
   The night of dew that on my cheeks down flows;
   Nor shines the silver moon one half so bright,
   Through the transparent bosom of the deep,
   As doth thy face through tears of mine give light. William Shakespeare.

   4. Soft of voice. This phrase is Italian, voce argentina.

   From all their groves, which with the heavenly noises,
   Of their sweet instruments were wont to sound
   And th’ hollow hills, from which their silver voices
   Were wont redoubled ecchoes to rebound,
   Did now rebound with nought but rueful cries,
   And yelling shrieks thrown up into the skies. Edmund Spenser.

   It is my love that calls upon my name,
   How silver sweet sound lovers tongues by night,
   Like softest musick to attending ears. William Shakespeare.

2. Silvernoun

   1.Silver is a white and hard metal, next in weight to gold. Isaac Watts Logick.

   Etymology: seolfer , Saxon; silver, Dutch.

   2. Any thing of soft splendour.

   Pallas, piteous of her plaintive cries,
   In slumber clos’d her silver-streaming eyes. Alexander Pope.

   3. Money made of silver.

3. To Silververb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To cover superficially with silver.

   There be fools alive, I wis,
   Silver’d o’er, and so was this. William Shakespeare.

   The splendour of silver is more pleasing to some eyes, than that of gold; as in cloth of silver, and silver’d rapiers. Francis Bacon.

   Silvering will fully and canker more than gilding. Francis Bacon.

   A gilder shewed me a ring silver’d over with mercurial fumes, which he was then to restore to its native yellow. Boyle.

   2. To adorn with mild lustre.

   Here retir’d the sinking billows sleep,
   And smiling calmness silver’d o’er the deep. Alexander Pope.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Silver

   Silver is a chemical element with the symbol Ag (from the Latin argentum, derived from the Proto-Indo-European h₂erǵ: "shiny" or "white") and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal. The metal is found in the Earth's crust in the pure, free elemental form ("native silver"), as an alloy with gold and other metals, and in minerals such as argentite and chlorargyrite. Most silver is produced as a byproduct of copper, gold, lead, and zinc refining. Silver has long been valued as a precious metal. Silver metal is used in many bullion coins, sometimes alongside gold: while it is more abundant than gold, it is much less abundant as a native metal. Its purity is typically measured on a per-mille basis; a 94%-pure alloy is described as "0.940 fine". As one of the seven metals of antiquity, silver has had an enduring role in most human cultures. Other than in currency and as an investment medium (coins and bullion), silver is used in solar panels, water filtration, jewellery, ornaments, high-value tableware and utensils (hence the term silverware), in electrical contacts and conductors, in specialized mirrors, window coatings, in catalysis of chemical reactions, as a colorant in stained glass and in specialised confectionery. Its compounds are used in photographic and X-ray film. Dilute solutions of silver nitrate and other silver compounds are used as disinfectants and microbiocides (oligodynamic effect), added to bandages and wound-dressings, catheters, and other medical instruments.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. silver

   Silver is a chemical element with the symbol Ag and atomic number 47. It is a shiny, white, lustrous metal that is known for its high thermal and electrical conductivity. Silver is commonly used in various industries, including jewelry making, photography, electronics, and currency production. It is also valued for its antibacterial properties and has been used in medicine for centuries.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 19 votes

1. Silvernoun

   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

2. Silvernoun

   coin made of silver; silver money

3. Silvernoun

   anything having the luster or appearance of silver

4. Silvernoun

   the color of silver

5. Silveradjective

   of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver leaf; a silver cup

6. Silveradjective

   resembling silver

7. Silveradjective

   bright; resplendent; white

8. Silveradjective

   precious; costly

9. Silveradjective

   giving a clear, ringing sound soft and clear

10. Silveradjective

    sweet; gentle; peaceful

11. Silververb

    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. Silververb

    to polish like silver; to impart a brightness to, like that of silver

13. Silververb

    to make hoary, or white, like silver

14. Silververb

    to acquire a silvery color

15. Etymology: [OE. silver, selver, seolver, AS. seolfor, siolfur, siolufr, silofr, sylofr; akin to OS. silubar, OFries. selover, D. zilver, LG. sulver, OHG. silabar, silbar, G. silber, Icel. silfr, Sw. silfver, Dan. slv, Goth. silubr, Russ. serebro, Lith. sidabras; of unknown origin.]

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1. Silver

   Silver is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Ag and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it possesses the highest electrical conductivity of any element and the highest thermal conductivity of any metal. The metal occurs naturally in its pure, free form, as an alloy with gold and other metals, and in minerals such as argentite and chlorargyrite. Most silver is produced as a byproduct of copper, gold, lead, and zinc refining. Silver has long been valued as a precious metal, used in currency coins, to make ornaments, jewelry, high-value tableware and utensils and as an investment in the forms of coins and bullion. Silver metal is used industrially in electrical contacts and conductors, in mirrors and in catalysis of chemical reactions. Its compounds are used in photographic film and dilute silver nitrate solutions and other silver compounds are used as disinfectants and microbiocides. While many medical antimicrobial uses of silver have been supplanted by antibiotics, further research into clinical potential continues.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 9 votes

1. Silver

   sil′vėr, n. a soft white metal, capable of a high polish: money made of silver: anything having the appearance of silver.—adj. made of silver: resembling silver: white: bright: precious: gentle: having a soft and clear tone: of high rank, but still second to the highest.—v.t. to cover with silver: to make like silver: to make smooth and bright: to make silvery.—v.i. to become silvery.—ns. Sil′ver-bath (phot.), a solution of silver-nitrate for sensitising collodion-plates for printing; Sil′ver-beat′er, one who beats out silver into thin foil.—adjs. Sil′ver-black, black silvered over with white; Sil′ver-bright (Shak.), as bright as silver; Sil′ver-bus′kined, having buskins adorned with silver.—ns. Sil′ver-fir, a coniferous tree of the genus Abies, whose leaves show two silvery lines on the under side; Sil′ver-fish, a name given to the atherine, to artificially bred gold-fish, the sand-smelt, the tarpon: any species of Lepisma, a thysanurous insect—also Bristletail, Walking-fish, Silver-moth, Shiner, &c.; Sil′ver-fox, a species of fox found in northern regions, having a rich and valuable fur; Sil′ver-glance, native silver sulphide; Sil′ver-grain, the medullary rays in timber.—adjs. Sil′ver-gray, having a gray or bluish-gray colour; Sil′ver-haired, having white or lustrous gray hair; Sil′ver-head′ed, having a silver head: with white hair.—ns. Sil′veriness, the state of being silvery; Sil′vering, the operation of covering with silver: the silver so used.—v.t. Sil′verise, to coat or cover with silver:—pr.p. sil′verīsing; pa.p. sil′verīsed.—ns. Sil′verite, one who opposes the demonetisation of silver; Sil′ver-leaf, silver beaten into thin leaves; Sil′verling (B.), a small silver coin.—adv. Sil′verly (Shak.), with the appearance of silver.—adjs. Sil′vern, made of silver; Sil′ver-plā′ted, plated with silver.—n. Sil′ver-print′ing, the production of photographic prints by the use of a sensitising salt of silver.—adj. Sil′ver-shaft′ed, carrying silver arrows, as Diana.—ns. Sil′versmith, a smith who works in silver; Sil′ver-stick, an officer of the royal palace—from his silvered wand.—adjs. Sil′ver-tongued, plausible, eloquent; Sil′ver-voiced (Shak.), having a clear, sweet voice like the sound of a silver musical instrument; Sil′ver-white (Shak.), white like silver; Sil′very, covered with silver: resembling silver: white: clear, soft, mellow. [A.S. silfer, seolfor; Ice. silfr, Ger. silber.]

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon WurdzRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SILVER

   A metallic form of opium, smoked by Presidential impossibilities.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. silver

   A type of color.

   Silver is a beautiful color for interior design.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 12, 2020  

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   silver

   A type of natural metal element.

   Silver is used industrially in electrical contacts and conductors.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 9, 2017  

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SILVER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Silver is ranked #1632 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Silver surname appeared 22,052 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 7 would have the surname Silver.
   
   80.3% or 17,714 total occurrences were White.
   11.8% or 2,622 total occurrences were Black.
   3.1% or 684 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.9% or 430 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   1.8% or 417 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.8% or 185 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Color
   • Discolor
   • Plate
   • Precious Metal

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Silver' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2647

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Silver' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3580

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Silver' in Nouns Frequency: #1150

Anagrams for Silver »

1. sliver

2. livers

How to pronounce Silver?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Silver in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Silver in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Silver in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Silver in a Sentence

1. Hal Rogers:

   There is not going to be one silver bullet to our problem. There are going to be a thousand silver bullets that are small.

2. Priyanka Chopra:

   Jennifer Lawrence is somebody I really look up to because I really like the kind of choices she makes. She’ll do the 'Hunger Games' but then she’ll also do the 'Silver Linings Playbook', so I probably want to start with like a 'Silver Linings Playbook', something more where there’s more scope for performance, you know, because I feel like that’s where I’ll really learn.

3. Kahlil Gibran:

   No lower can a man descend than to interpret his dreams into gold and silver.

4. David Morgan:

   The real silver nuts such as myself like pure silver companies. The more leveraged to silver the better... but you have to be able to tolerate the risk.

5. John Donne:

   Come live with me, and be my love, And we will some new pleasures prove Of golden sands, and crystal brooks, With silken lines, and silver hooks.

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