<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Chemistry. a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, conductors, etc.: Ag; 107.870; 47; 10.5 at 20°C</li><li>coin made of this metal; specie; money: a handful of silver</li><li>this metal as a commodity or considered as a currency standard</li><li>table articles made of or plated with silver, including flatware and hollowware</li><li>any flatware: The kitchen silver is of stainless steel</li><li>something resembling this metal in color, luster, etc.</li><li>a lustrous grayish white or whitish gray, or the color of the metal: the silver of the leaves</li><li>any of the silver halides used for photographic purposes, as silver bromide, silver chloride, or silver iodide</li><li>silver medal</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>consisting of, made of, or plated with silver</li><li>of or relating to silver</li><li>producing or yielding silver</li><li>resembling silver; silvery: the silver moon</li><li>clear and soft: silver sounds</li><li>eloquent; persuasive: a silver tongue</li><li>urging the use of silver as a currency standard: silver economists</li><li>indicating the twenty-fifth event of a series, as a wedding anniversary</li><li>having the color silver: a silver dress</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to coat with silver or some silverlike substance</li><li>to give a silvery color to</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to become a silvery color</li></ul>