silver

noun

• 1a precious shiny grayish-white metal, the chemical element of atomic number 47. (Symbol: Ag)

  A transition metal, silver is found in nature as the native metal as well as in combined form in ore minerals. It is valued for use in jewelry and other ornaments and formerly in coins, and the decomposition of silver salts by the action of light (depositing metallic silver) is the basis of photography

• 2a shiny gray-white color or appearance like that of silver:the dark hair was now highlighted with silver

• 3silver dishes, containers, or cutlery:thieves stole $5,000 worth of silver the family silver
• household cutlery of any material:it is important to wash table silver in hot soapy water immediately after each meal

• 4coins made from silver or from a metal that resembles silver.
• chiefly Scottish money.

• 5short for silver medal.

adjective

• [attributive] denoting a twenty-fifth anniversary.

verb

• coat or plate with silver:large silvered candlesticks
• provide (mirror glass) with a backing of a silver-colored material in order to make it reflective.
• literary (especially of the moon) give a silvery appearance to:the brilliant moon silvered the turf
• turn (a person’s hair) gray or white.
• [no object] (of a person’s hair) turn gray or white.