sil·ver

[sil-ver]
noun
1.
Chemistry. a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, conductors, etc. Symbol: Ag; atomic weight: 107.870; atomic number: 47; specific gravity: 10.5 at 20°C.
2.
coin made of this metal; specie; money: a handful of silver.
3.
this metal as a commodity or considered as a currency standard.
4.
table articles made of or plated with silver, including flatware and hollowware.
5.
any flatware: The kitchen silver is of stainless steel.
6.
something resembling this metal in color, luster, etc.
7.
a lustrous grayish white or whitish gray, or the color of the metal: the silver of the leaves.
8.
any of the silver halides used for photographic purposes, as silver bromide, silver chloride, or silver iodide.
9.
silver medal.
adjective
10.
consisting of, made of, or plated with silver.
11.
of or pertaining to silver.
12.
producing or yielding silver.
13.
resembling silver; silvery: the silver moon.
14.
clear and soft: silver sounds.
15.
eloquent; persuasive: a silver tongue.
16.
urging the use of silver as a currency standard: silver economists.
17.
indicating the twenty-fifth event of a series, as a wedding anniversary. See table under wedding anniversary.
18.
having the color silver: a silver dress.
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verb (used with object)
19.
to coat with silver or some silverlike substance.
20.
to give a silvery color to.
verb (used without object)
21.
to become a silvery color.
Origin:
before 900; (noun and adj.) Middle English silver(e), selver(e), selfer, Old English siolfor (orig. noun); cognate with German Silber, Old Norse silfr, Gothic silubr, akin to Serbo-Croatian srèbro, Russian serebró, Lithuanian sidãbras; (v.) late Middle English silveren, derivative of the noun

Related forms
sil·ver·er, noun
sil·ver·ish, adjective
sil·ver·less, adjective
sil·ver·like, adjective
sil·ver·ness, noun
non·sil·ver, noun, adjective
re·sil·ver, verb (used with object)
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Sil·ver

[sil-ver]
noun
Ab·ba Hillel [ab-uh] , 1893–1963, U.S. rabbi, born in Lithuania.
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silver (ˈsɪlvə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n
1.  a.  a very ductile malleable brilliant greyish-white element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal. It occurs free and in argentite and other ores: used in jewellery, tableware, coinage, electrical contacts, and in electroplating. Its compounds are used in photography. Symbol: Ag; atomic no: 47; atomic wt: 107.8682; valency: 1 or 2; relative density: 10.50; melting pt: 961.93°C; boiling pt: 2163°C
 b.  (as modifier): a silver coin Related: argent
2.  coin made of, or having the appearance of, this metal
3.  cutlery, whether made of silver or not
4.  any household articles made of silver
5.  photog any of a number of silver compounds used either as photosensitive substances in emulsions or as sensitizers
6.  a.  a brilliant or light greyish-white colour
 b.  (as adjective): silver hair
7.  short for silver medal
 
—adj
8.  well-articulated: silver speech
9.  (prenominal) denoting the 25th in a series, esp an annual series: a silver wedding anniversary
 
—vb
10.  (tr) to coat with silver or a silvery substance: to silver a spoon
11.  to become or cause to become silvery in colour
12.  to become or cause to become elderly
 
Related: argent
 
[Old English siolfor; related to Old Norse silfr, Gothic silubr, Old High German silabar, Old Slavonic sirebro]
 
'silverer
 
—n
 
'silvering
 
—n

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Word Origin & History

silver
O.E. seolfor "silver," from P.Gmc. *silubra- (cf. O.S. silvbar, O.N. silfr, M.Du. silver, Du. zilver, O.H.G. sillabar, Ger. silber, Goth. silubr), from a common Germanic/Balto-Slavic term (cf. O.C.S. sirebo, Rus. serebo, Lith. sidabras "silver"), possibly from a language of Asia Minor. Perhaps from
Akkad. sarpu "silver," lit. "refined silver," related to sarapu "to refine, smelt." Chemical abbreviation Ag is from L. argentum "silver," from the PIE root (see argent). The verb, "to cover or plate with silver" is recorded from 1440. Silverware is from 1860.
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Medical Dictionary

silver sil·ver (sĭl'vər)
n.
Symbol Ag
A lustrous ductile malleable metallic element having the highest thermal and electrical conductivity of the metals and used in dental alloys. Atomic number 47; atomic weight 107.868; melting point 961.8°C; boiling point 2,162°C; specific gravity 10.50; valence 1, 2.

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silver   (sĭl'vər)  Pronunciation Key 
Symbol Ag
A soft, shiny, white metallic element that is found in many ores, especially together with copper, lead, and zinc. It conducts heat and electricity better than any other metal. Silver is used in photography and in making electrical circuits and conductors. Atomic number 47; atomic weight 107.868; melting point 960.8°C; boiling point 2,212°C; specific gravity 10.50; valence 1, 2. See also sterling silver. See Periodic Table. See Note at element.
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Slang Dictionary

silver definition


  1. n.
    money. : I have some silver stashed at home if you need it.
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Bible Dictionary

Silver definition


used for a great variety of purposes, as may be judged from the frequent references to it in Scripture. It first appears in commerce in Gen. 13:2; 23:15, 16. It was largely employed for making vessels for the sanctuary in the wilderness (Ex. 26:19; 27:17; Num. 7:13, 19; 10:2). There is no record of its having been found in Syria or Palestine. It was brought in large quantities by foreign merchants from abroad, from Spain and India and other countries probably.

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Idioms & Phrases

silver

In addition to the idiom beginning with silver, also see born with a silver spoon; cross someone's palm with silver; hand to on a silver platter.

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He presents the silver rose to sophie in an elaborate ceremony.
He showed that the crown had been alloyed with silver, and the king defrauded.
He appears in the voyage of the dawn treader, the silver chair, and the last
  battle.
It has some supernatural attributes, such as a sensitivity to silver.
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