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silver English

Meaning silver meaning

What does silver mean?
Definitions in simple English

silver Noun

— A metal with a near white colour and high value and the symbol Ag. He paid with a silver dollar. — Silver is a shiny gray color. Her hair turned silver as she got older. — A coin made of silver. Jenny had three coppers and one silver. — A utensil or piece of cutlery made with silver; silverware Mom put out the good silver for Christmas.

silver

— adjective (= 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 — adjective made from or largely consisting of silver silver bracelets — noun 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 — noun coins made of silver — noun (= ash grey) a light shade of grey — noun (= flatware) silverware eating utensils — adjective (= silvery) of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver silvery hair — verb coat with a layer of silver or a silver amalgam silver the necklace — verb make silver in color Her worries had silvered her hair — verb turn silver The man's hair silvered very attractively — noun a trophy made of silver (or having the appearance of silver) that is usually awarded for winning second place in a competition — adjective (= facile) expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively able to dazzle with his facile tongue silver speech

Synonyms silver synonyms

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silver English » English

silvery money silver-plate argent silverware silvern silver medal eloquent Ag silverish silver-tongued silver plate of silver gold smooth-spoken silver-plated silver grey silver gray fluent flatware facile etc. currency copper coin cicada atomic number 47 ash grey ash gray argentum zinc white ragworm white rag white turn grey tinsel snow silverplate silver paint silver coin siller riches quicksilver prosperous precious metal pewter persuasive metal melodious made of silver

Topics silver topics

What do people use silver to talk about?
Universe, creation World Substance, matter

Metal
States Quality Light Color

Colors of the spectrum
Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation

Sports
Work and occupation Finance Money

Monetary units

Conjugation silver conjugation

How do you conjugate silver?

silver · verb

Examples silver examples

How do I use silver in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Speech is silver, but silence is golden.
I prefer silver rings to gold ones.
Gold is heavier than silver.
The young girl wanted to be a star of the silver screen.
I buy my silver from a man who has a mine on his property.
I have several silver coins.
Copper and silver are both metals.
Can you tell silver and tin apart?
Do you know the difference between silver and tin?
Nickel is a hard, bright silver metal.
This isn't silver.
She gave him all of her silver.
Silver chloride is not completely water-soluble.
Can you distinguish silver from tin?
Nickel is a hard, silver-white metal.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Donna was born with a silver spoon in her mouth.
Once gold was less valuable than silver in Japan.
In Olympic competitions, a gold medal is for first place, a silver medal for second, and a bronze medal is for third place.
Speech is silver, silence is gold.

Movie subtitles

China had to pay an indemnity of 21 million silver dollars, cede the island of Hong Kong, and open five ports to British trade, including this one.
For decades, the furthest we got in looking for aliens was imagining them on the silver screen.
She was awarded the Silver Star, but her superiors wanted to get rid of the problem.
This is were Sir Arne stored a fortune in silver coins, and it was said they filled the chest to the very brim.
The champagne, and those girls and their dancing. those beautiful silver things, and the ice, and the caviar..
In the crowd, a baby adorned with silver medals.
We're invited there for dinner next Friday night. and I'm going to wear my new silver with the white fox.
Why, it's a silver frame.
Let that silver go.
Or 30 pieces of silver.
Every silver penny.
We're poor outlaws, with nothing to eat but the king's deer whileyouhaveproperty, rents, and silver.
I've traveled far on the king's business and the silver I have left.. equalsnomorethan60marks.
A silver cup isn't worth it.
They drove stakes through our hearts, beheaded us, burned us alive, and fired silver bullets at us.
Red with silver bells.
Five hundred silver coins.
With a silver padlock?
Gold, silver, copper.
Flying fish like streaks of silver and mermaids that sing in the night.
I hope you'll be very happy. and don't forget to invite me to your silver anniversary.
Next to the little silver box.
Spine fractured in two places. A silver plate. My knee-cap is silver too.
Hello, Silver.
Meet Silver Jackson.
Thanks, Silver.
With a silver padlock? Yes!
Don't you suppose I know that, Silver?
Silver will show you to your rooms.
Silver, bring wine!
I could have induced him stay in a minute by offering to double his.. Thirty pieces of silver.
Dr. Silver's Golden Elixir.
Have you got Dr. Golden's Silver Elixir?
Do you have Dr. Silver's Golden Elixir?
Imagine no druggist in New York City carrying Dr. Silver's Elixir.
Oh, for Dr. Silver's Golden Elixir.
There, there. You'll be in bed in just a minute and you'll feel much better. Tell Fedele to lock up the silver. all the silver!

News and current affairs

Alas, there is no single or silver bullet.
For example, star-struck female film fans may be especially prone to believe any utterance from Hollywood's most famous silver fox.
America offered Iran on a silver platter strategic assets that Khomeini's revolution failed to acquire either in eight years of war against Saddam or in its abortive attempts to export the Islamic revolution throughout the region.
Biofuels were initially championed by environmental campaigners as a silver bullet against global warming.
America's destruction of Iraq as a regional power handed hegemony in the Persian Gulf - whose centrality to Western interests cannot be overstated - to Iran's Shia Islamist regime on a silver platter.
Indeed, the objects of such speculation astound the imagination: tulip bulbs, gold and silver mines, real estate, the debt of new nations, corporate securities.
So are gold, silver, and platinum prices.
It was inconvenient because gold was awkward for everyday transactions, and silver had too little value for major transfers.
That recession was destructive, but it had one silver lining: an inspiration to the world that an independent central bank can take tough measures to ensure price stability.
For example, the authors of The Limits to Growth predicted that before 2013, the world would have run out of aluminum, copper, gold, lead, mercury, molybdenum, natural gas, oil, silver, tin, tungsten, and zinc.
But, as markets learn to cope with a less accommodative monetary policy, there could be an important silver lining, which most people have ignored.
For example, the classic 1972 bestseller Limits to Growth predicted that the world would run out of gold in 1981, silver and mercury in 1985, and zinc in 1990.
This, one hopes, is the silver lining in the cloud now hanging over the World Bank.
No country - including Greece - should expect to be offered debt relief on a silver platter; relief must be earned and justified by real reforms that restore growth, to the benefit of both debtor and creditor.
The silver lining is that there are many highly distinguished current and former policymakers out there, particularly from emerging market countries, who have seen this movie before.
The drivers of both the tractor and the metallic-silver luxury car were 45-year-old women, but any similarity between them ended there: the former was a peasant, the latter the wife of a wealthy businessman.
But bioplastics are not a silver bullet for managing plastics waste.
All of this underscores a potential silver lining.
The arrival of silver from the New World in the sixteenth century triggered sustained inflation.
But, more broadly, EU commitments have now become relative, which implies that jointly guaranteed Eurobonds cannot be the silver bullet that some hope.
Such efforts, Zheng reports, have involved some 6,533 cannons, 5,939 rocket launchers, and numerous aircraft in an attempt to seed clouds across one-third of China's landmass with dry ice, ammonia, and silver iodide.
But disasters and economic crises can have a silver lining if they spur fundamental innovation by forcing us to think about how to manage risks in the future.
Even the most optimistic-minded would struggle to find a silver lining in that outlook.
Its emperors used silver from Persia, glass from Europe, precious stones from Central Asia, and gold implements from India.
Bolivia has enough experience of its own. The mountains of silver in Potosi and tin in Oruro are gone, with no traces of development or well-being left behind.
But could such an approach really be the proverbial silver bullet for Greece's crisis?

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