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Adjective silver has 4 senses
- silver - made from or largely consisting of silver; "silver bracelets"
Antonyms: nonmetallic, nonmetal (indirect, via metallic)
- silver, 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"
Antonym: dull (indirect, via bright)
- argent, silver, silvery, silverish - lustrous gray; covered with or tinged with the color of silver; "silvery hair"
Antonym: chromatic (indirect, via achromatic)
- eloquent, facile, fluent, silver, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken - expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech"
Antonyms: inarticulate, unarticulate (indirect, via articulate)
Noun silver has 5 senses
- silver, Ag, atomic number 47 - 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
--1 is a kind of noble metal; conductor
--1 is a substance of sterling silver; argentite; silver
--1 has particulars: coin silver
- silver - coins made of silver
--2 is a kind of precious metal
--2 has substances: silver, Ag, atomic number 47
- ash gray, ash grey, silver, silver gray, silver grey - a light shade of gray
--3 is a kind of gray, grayness, grey, greyness
- flatware, silver - silverware eating utensils
--4 is a kind of silverware
- silver medal, silver - a medal made of silver (or having the appearance of silver) that is usually awarded for winning second place in a competition
--5 is a kind of trophy, prize; decoration, laurel wreath, medal, medallion, palm, ribbon
Verb silver has 3 senses
- silver - coat with a layer of silver or a silver amalgam; "silver the necklace"
--1 is one way to plate
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- silver - make silver in color; "Her worries had silvered her hair"
--2 is one way to color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
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- silver - turn silver; "The man's hair silvered very attractively"
--3 is one way to discolor, discolour, colour, color
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