silver
IPA: sˈɪɫvɝ
noun
- (uncountable) A lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag.
- (collectively) Coins made from silver or any similar white metal.
- (collectively) Cutlery and other eating utensils, whether silver or made from some other white metal.
- (collectively) Any items made from silver or any other white metal.
- (uncountable) A shiny gray color.
- (countable) a silver medal
- Anything resembling silver; something shiny and white.
- An English surname originating as an occupation for a silversmith or a rich man, or for someone having silvery gray hair or living by a silvery brook.
- A surname from German.
- A unisex given name from English from the metal, or transferred from the surname.
verb
- To acquire a silvery colour.
- To cover with silver, or with a silvery metal.
- To polish like silver; to impart a brightness to, like that of silver.
- To make hoary, or white, like silver.
adjective
- Made from silver.
- Made from another white metal.
- Having a color like silver: a shiny gray.
- Denoting the twenty-fifth anniversary, especially of a wedding.
- (of commercial services) Premium, but inferior to gold.
- Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound.
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Examples of "silver" in Sentences
- _ I say -- "silver sound" because musicians _sound for silver_.
- A hundred and fifty silver dollars -- _silver_, mind you -- all SILVER! "
- Why "silver sound"? why "music with her _silver_ sound"? what say you, Simon _Catling_?
- There was a sudden change in the sound, and the water said clearly and rapidly, "_Silver silver silver silver_."
- "Roll on, silver moon," at which I suggested to the party there should be a big premium, just now, on "_silver_ moons."
- The true silver grey rabbits -- _silver sprigs_, they call them -- do you know that the skins of those _silver sprigs_ are worth any money? "
- But let's say that silver is not available in small bars anymore - wouldn't you think that this would drive up alternative investment vehicles like the SLV which acquires 1000oz bars of silver from the mkt?
- To help remember that the order of the bells is silver, gold, brass and iron, the old Mnemonics advises us to invent a story -- the following will answer: A couple of lovers once took a sleigh-ride, the horses carrying _silver_ bells.
- In connection with this modification of language, I observe in a daily paper how much a worthy old lady puzzled her minister, for a moment, by inquiring the meaning of "silver shiners for Diana," in the Bible; but a good deacon, at an evening meeting in the chapel of their house of worship, in our town, sadly disturbed the gravity of the religious assembly, by reading it _silver shins for Dinah_!
- Adjusted net earnings primarily exclude the gains from the foreign exchange translation of future income tax liabilities, the three mark to market gains relating to the exercise of the share purchase warrants, a term silver sales contract and the conversion feature of convertible senior notes but include the impact of non-cash stock option expenses which amounted to approximately $31 million or $0.04 per share for the quarter.
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