Silvered

adj, verb

adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of silver form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Coated with silver, made reflective or shiny by application of metal.
  2. 2
    Hoary with age; silver-haired.

    "Professor Malik Solanka, retired historian of ideas, irascible dollmaker, and since his recent fifty-fifth birthday celibate and solitary by his own (much criticized) choice, in his silvered years found himself living in a golden age."

Synonyms

All synonyms
ashenchalkydappledapple graydappleddingy

Example

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"The grass was silvered with hoar-frost and in the wood across the stream a bird was singing."

Related phrases

half-silvered mirror

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