silver
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪl.və/
enpr: sĭl'vər
ipa: /ˈsɪl.vɚ/
rhymes: -ɪlvə(ɹ)
Forms: form: silvers
form: silvering
form: silvered
form: silvered
Etymology: From Middle English silver, selver, sulver, from Old English seolfor, from Proto-West Germanic *silubr, from Proto-Germanic *silubrą (“silver”), of uncertain origin.
cognates and etymology discussion
Cognate with Scots siller (“silver”), Saterland Frisian Säälwer (“silver”), West Frisian sulver (“silver”), Dutch zilver (“silver”), German Low German Silver, Sülver (“silver”), German Silber (“silver”), Swedish silver (“silver”), Icelandic silfur (“silver”). The Germanic word has parallels in Baltic and Slavic (Old Church Slavonic сьрєбро (sĭrebro), Lithuanian sidabras), Celtic (Celtiberian silaPur-), and outside Indo-European, in Basque zilar and Proto-Berber *a-ẓrəf, but the ultimate origin of the word is unknown.
Adjective sense of twenty-fifth wedding anniversary generalized from silver wedding, from German Silberhochzeit, silberne Hochzeit.
Senses: examples: text: Presently all the eastern sky began to silver and shine, and objects before invisible in the west—chiefly the tall towers on Mount Zion—emerged as from a shadowy depth, [...]
ref: 1880 November 12, Lew[is] Wallace, chapter IV, in Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, book sixth, page 416:
text: But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat's-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.
ref: 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “Silverside”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 281:
glosses: To acquire a silvery colour.
examples: text: to silver a pin; to silver a glass mirror plate with an amalgam of tin and mercury
glosses: To cover with silver, or with a silvery metal.
examples: text: For here retir'd the ſinking billows ſleep, / And ſmiling calmneſs ſilver'd o'er the deep.
ref: 1725, Homer, “Book X”, in [Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume III, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC, page 17, lines 107–108:
glosses: To polish like silver; to impart a brightness to, like that of silver.
examples: text: Remote from cities liv'd a Swain, / Unvex'd with all the cares of gain, / His head was ſilver'd o'er with age, / And long experience made him ſage; [...]
ref: 1727, [John] Gay, “Introduction to the Fables. The Shepherd and the Philosopher.”, in Fables, 2nd edition, volume I, London: […] J[acob] Tonson and J. Watts, published 1728, →OCLC:
glosses: To make hoary, or white, like silver.
Derived terms: sense: from all parts of speech
word: 30 pieces of silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: ale silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: antimonial silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: antisilver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: besilver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: bismuth-silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: black silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
sense: from all parts of speech
word: Britannia silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: bromic silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: capillary silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: cat-silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: cat's silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: Chinese silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: code silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: colloidal silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: constitutional silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: cross someone's palm with silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: dark red silver ore
sense: from all parts of speech
word: desilver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: desilverise
sense: from all parts of speech
word: desilverize
sense: from all parts of speech
word: disilver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: electrosilver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: ensilver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: every cloud has a silver lining
sense: from all parts of speech
word: every dark cloud has a silver lining
sense: from all parts of speech
word: every silver lining has a cloud
sense: from all parts of speech
word: flat silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: flowered silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: free silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: fulminating silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: German silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: gilt silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: gold-and-silver honeysuckle
sense: from all parts of speech
word: golden-and-silver honeysuckle
sense: from all parts of speech
word: gray silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: heptasilver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: hexasilver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: horn silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: iodic silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: leaf-silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: light red silver ore
sense: from all parts of speech
word: Little Silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: Long John Silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: mock silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: molybdic silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: monosilver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: nanosilver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: native silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: new silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: nickel silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: nickel-silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: nonasilver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: nonsilver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: octasilver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: on a silver platter
sense: from all parts of speech
word: organosilver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: oversilver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: Pacific silver fir
sense: from all parts of speech
word: pentasilver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: potassium silver cyanide
sense: from all parts of speech
word: pyrosilver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: radiosilver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: reap-silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: red and silver dewdrop
sense: from all parts of speech
word: red silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: reek-silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: resilver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: ruby silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: sell the family silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: sheep-silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: shell silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver age
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver alert
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver alum
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver anniversary
sense: from all parts of speech
taxonomic: Flindersia schottiana
word: silver ash
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silverback
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-backed fox
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver ball
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver balli
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver band
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver bar
sense: from all parts of speech
taxonomic: Aplodinotus grunniens
word: silver bass
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver bath
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver beachweed
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-beater
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silverbeater
sense: from all parts of speech
taxonomic: Lophozonia menziesii
word: silver beech
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver beer
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silverbeet
sense: from all parts of speech
alt: chard, Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
word: silver beet
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-beggar
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silverbell
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver bell
sense: from all parts of speech
taxonomic: Halesia spp.
word: silver bell
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver bell tree
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-bell tree
sense: from all parts of speech
english: Halesia
translation: Halesia
word: silverbell tree
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-belly
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver bennet
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver berry
sense: from all parts of speech
taxonomic: Elaeagnus spp.
word: silverberry
sense: from all parts of speech
taxonomic: Lonchura spp.
word: silverbill
sense: from all parts of speech
taxonomic: Betula pendula
word: silver birch)
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silverbird
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-black
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver blond
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver blonde
sense: from all parts of speech
word: Silverblu
sense: from all parts of speech
word: Silver Blu
sense: from all parts of speech
word: Silver Blue
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver book
sense: from all parts of speech
taxonomic: Leucadendron argenteum
word: silverboom
sense: from all parts of speech
word: Silver Bow
sense: from all parts of speech
word: Silver Bow County
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver box
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver bream
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver bromide
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver bronze
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver buckle
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver bullet
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-bush
sense: from all parts of speech
alt: Argythamnia, Convolvulus cneorum, Sophora tomentosa subsp. australis
word: silverbush
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver carp
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver ceiling
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver certificate
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver chain
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver char
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver chickweed
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver chloride
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver chub
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver city
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silvercloth
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver cluster cactus
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver collection
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-colored
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-coloured
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-copper nitrate
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver cord
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver cord is loosed
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silvercraft
sense: from all parts of speech
word: Silver Creek
sense: from all parts of speech
word: Silver Cross
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver cyanide
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver doctor
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver dollar
sense: from all parts of speech
taxonomic: Metynnis spp. etc.
word: silver dollar fish
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-dun
sense: from all parts of speech
taxonomic: Leiothrix argentauris
word: silver-eared mesia
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silvered
sense: from all parts of speech
taxonomic: Ariosoma mellissii
word: silver eel
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silverer
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silverette
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver eye
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-eye
sense: from all parts of speech
taxonomic: Zosterops lateralis
word: silvereye
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-feast
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver feast
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver feather
sense: from all parts of speech
taxonomic: Cyathea dealbata
word: silver fern
sense: from all parts of speech
taxonomic: Cyprinella whipplei
word: silverfin
sense: from all parts of speech
taxonomic: Abies spp.
word: silver fir
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver fish
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-fish
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silverfish
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-fizz
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver fizz
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver fluoride
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver foil
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-footed
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-fork
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-fork deformity
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-fork fracture
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver fork novel
sense: from all parts of speech
taxonomic: Vulpes vulpes form
word: silver fox
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver foxy
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-foxy
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver frost
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver fulminate
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver gar
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver garfish
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver general
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver gibbon
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver gilt
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-gilt
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver glance
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-glance
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver glass
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver goal
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver goose
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver grain
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-grain
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver grass
sense: from all parts of speech
english: Miscanthus
translation: Miscanthus
word: silver-grass
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-gray
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silvergray
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver gray
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-grey
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver grey
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silvergrey
sense: from all parts of speech
taxonomic: Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
word: silver gull
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-haired
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver hair-grass
sense: from all parts of speech
taxonomic: Merluccius bilinearis
word: silver hake
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver halide
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver handshake
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-headed
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-head
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silverhead
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver hell
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver herb
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-hilted
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silverily
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silveriness
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silvering
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver iodate
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver iodide
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silverise
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silverize
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silverish
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silverism
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silverist
sense: from all parts of speech
word: Silverite
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silverite
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silverization
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver jenny
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver jubilee
sense: from all parts of speech
english: Atlantic tarpon, Megalops atlanticus
translation: Atlantic tarpon, Megalops atlanticus
word: silver king
sense: from all parts of speech
taxonomic: Centaurea cineraria
word: silver knapweed
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver knight
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver lace
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-lace
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver lace vine
sense: from all parts of speech
english: Fallopia baldschuanica(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace Template:taxlink with Template:taxfmt if already defined. Add nomul=1 if not defined.)
translation: Fallopia baldschuanica(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace Template:taxlink with Template:taxfmt if already defined. Add nomul=1 if not defined.)
word: silver-lace vine
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver lady
sense: from all parts of speech
word: Silver Lady
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-lady
sense: from all parts of speech
word: Silver Lake
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver lamprey
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver lavender
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver lead
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-lead
sense: from all parts of speech
taxonomic: Solanum elaeagnifolium
word: silver-leaf nettle
sense: from all parts of speech
taxonomic: Solanum elaeagnifolium
word: silver-leaf nightshade
sense: from all parts of speech
taxonomic: Populus alba
word: silver-leaf poplar
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-leaf
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver leaf
sense: from all parts of speech
taxonomic: Leucadendron argenteum
word: silver-leaf tree
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-leaved
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-leaved bloodwood
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-leaved ironbark
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-leaved nightshade
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silverless
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-like
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silverlike
sense: from all parts of speech
taxonomic: Tilia tomentosa
word: silver lime
sense: from all parts of speech
taxonomic: Tilia tomentosa
word: silver linden
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-lined
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silverline
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver line
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver lines
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silverling
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver lining
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver luster
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver lustre
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silverly
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver mail
sense: from all parts of speech
taxonomic: Acer saccharinum
word: silver maple
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-marmoset
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver medal
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver medalist
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver medallist
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver mine
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver moth
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver mound
sense: from all parts of speech
english: Atheriniformes
translation: Atheriniformes
word: silver-mounted
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver quandong
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver shade
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver skin
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-skin
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silverskin
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silversmithing
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silversmith
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-smith
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silversmithy
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver solder
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver sole
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver spoon
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-spoonism
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-spoon socialist
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-spot
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silverspot
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-sprig
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver spring
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver spruce
sense: from all parts of speech
taxonomic: Picea engelmannii
word: silverspruce
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver standard
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver star
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver star medal
sense: from all parts of speech
word: Silver Star
sense: from all parts of speech
word: Silver Star medal
sense: from all parts of speech
word: Silver State
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver state
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver stater with a turtle
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver steel
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-stick
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver storm
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver streak
sense: from all parts of speech
word: Silver Street
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver string
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-studded blue
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver sulfide
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver sulphide
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver surfer
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver swaddler
sense: from all parts of speech
english: Argyroxiphium
translation: Argyroxiphium
word: silversword
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver table
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-tailed
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silvertail
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-tail
sense: from all parts of speech
taxonomic: Leptospermum sericeum
word: silver tea
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver telluride
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver thatch
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver thaw
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver thistle
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver thread
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-tipped myotis
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-tip
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silvertip
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver tongue
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-tongued
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver top
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver train
sense: from all parts of speech
taxonomic: Cyathea dealbata
word: silver tree fern
sense: from all parts of speech
taxonomic: Leucadendron argenteum
word: silver tree
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver trevally
sense: from all parts of speech
alt: †Salvelinus agassizii
word: silver trout
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver trumpet
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver trumpeter
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver tsunami
sense: from all parts of speech
taxonomic: Scindapsus pictus
word: silver vine
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver vixen
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-voiced
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silverware
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-washed fritillary
sense: from all parts of speech
taxonomic: Acacia retinodes
word: silver wattle
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver wedding
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silverweed
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver weight
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver whiskers
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-white cobalt
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-white
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver white
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver whiting
sense: from all parts of speech
taxonomic: Salix geyeriana
word: silver willow
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver wire
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-wire
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silverwood
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silverwork
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver-worker
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silverworker
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silverworking
sense: from all parts of speech
taxonomic: Artemisia cana
word: silver wormwood
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver wreck
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silvery
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver y
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silver y moth
sense: from all parts of speech
word: silvery-white
sense: from all parts of speech
word: sterling silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: telluric silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: telluride of gold and silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: telluride of silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: tetrasilver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: thirty pieces of silver
sense: from all parts of speech
word: trisilver