silver

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1. silver - Noun

2. silver - Adjective

3. silver - Verb

4. silver - Adjective Satellite

5. Silver - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

Coin made of silver; silver money.

Anything having the luster or appearance of silver.

The color of silver.

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

Resembling silver.

Bright; resplendent; white.

Precious; costly.

Giving a clear, ringing sound soft and clear.

Sweet; gentle; peaceful.

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.

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

To acquire a silvery color.

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Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world. Euripides

Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold... Bob Marley

Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby. Langston Hughes

Silence is golden, speech is silver. American Proverb

Under the mountains is silver and gold, But under the night sky, hunger and cold. Hindi Proverb

All my goods are of silver and gold, even my copper kettle, says the boaster. Dutch Proverb

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