- 1[usually passive] silver something to cover the surface of something with a thin layer of silver or something that looks like silver
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- 2silver something (especially literary) to make something become bright like silver Moonlight was silvering the countryside.
silver
verbNAmE//ˈsɪlvər//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they silver he / she / it silvers
past simple silvered
-ing form silvering
Check pronunciation: silver