silver: Meaning and Definition of

sil•ver

1. consisting of, made of, or plated with silver.
2. of or pertaining to silver.
3. producing or yielding silver.
4. resembling silver; silvery: the silver moon.
5. clear and soft: silver sounds.
6. eloquent; persuasive: a silver tongue.
7. urging the use of silver as a currency standard: silver economists.
8. indicating the twenty-fifth event of a series, as a wedding anniversary. See table under
9. having the color silver: a silver dress.

1. to coat with silver or some silverlike substance.
2. to give a silvery color to.

1. to become a silvery color.

Sil•ver

1. 1893–1963, U.S. rabbi, born in Lithuania.