silver
noun
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.
are silvering
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present progressiveof silver.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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If the article you are silvering or gilding corrodes or turns black, it wants a little more cyanuret.
From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Daniel Young
My golden curls are silvering o'er— Who heeds?
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 439 Volume 17, New Series, May 29, 1852 by William Chambers
