silver
verb/ˈsɪlvə(r)/
/ˈsɪlvər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they silver | /ˈsɪlvə(r)/ /ˈsɪlvər/ |
| he / she / it silvers | /ˈsɪlvəz/ /ˈsɪlvərz/ |
| past simple silvered | /ˈsɪlvəd/ /ˈsɪlvərd/ |
| past participle silvered | /ˈsɪlvəd/ /ˈsɪlvərd/ |
| -ing form silvering | /ˈsɪlvərɪŋ/ /ˈsɪlvərɪŋ/ |
- [usually passive] silver something to cover the surface of something with a thin layer of silver or something that looks like silver
- silver something (especially literary) to make something become bright like silver
- Moonlight was silvering the countryside.
Word OriginOld English seolfor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zilver and German Silber.
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