Silver Definition–noun | 1. | Chemistry. a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, conductors, etc. Symbol: Ag; atomic weight: 107.870; atomic number: 47; specific gravity: 10.5 at 20°C. |
| 2. | coin made of this metal; specie; money: a handful of silver. |
| 3. | this metal as a commodity or considered as a currency standard. |
| 4. | table articles made of or plated with silver, including flatware and hollowware. |
| 5. | any flatware: The kitchen silver is of stainless steel. |
| 6. | something resembling this metal in color, luster, etc. |
| 7. | a lustrous grayish white or whitish gray, or the color of the metal: the silver of the leaves. |
| 8. | any of the silver halides used for photographic purposes, as silver bromide, silver chloride, or silver iodide. |
–adjective | 10. | consisting of, made of, or plated with silver. |
| 11. | of or pertaining to silver. |
| 12. | producing or yielding silver. |
| 13. | resembling silver; silvery: the silver moon. |
| 14. | clear and soft: silver sounds. |
| 15. | eloquent; persuasive: a silver tongue. |
| 16. | urging the use of silver as a currency standard: silver economists. |
| 17. | indicating the twenty-fifth event of a series, as a wedding anniversary. |
| 18. | having the color silver: a silver dress. |
–verb (use
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| 20. | to give a silvery color to. |
–verb (used without object) | 21. | to become a silvery color. |
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City Definition–noun, plural cit·ies. | 1. | a large or important town. |
| 2. | (in the U.S.) an incorporated municipality, usually governed by a mayor and a board of aldermen or councilmen. |
| 3. | the inhabitants of a city collectively: The entire city is mourning his death. |
| 4. | (in Canada) a municipality of high rank, usually based on population. |
| 5. | (in Great Britain) a borough, usually the seat of a bishop, upon which the dignity of the title has been conferred by the crown. |
| 6. | the City, | a. | the major metropolitan center of a region; downtown: I'm going to the City to buy clothes and see a show. |
| b. | the commercial and financial area of London, England. |
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| 8. | (often initial capital letter ) Slang. a place, person, or situation having certain features or characteristics (used in combination): The party last night was Action City. That guy is dull city. |
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New Definition–adjective | 1. | of recent origin, production, purchase, etc.; having but lately come or been brought into being: a new book. |
| 2. | of a kind now existing or appearing for the first time; novel: a new concept of the universe. |
| 3. | having but lately or but now come into knowledge: a new chemical element. |
| 4. | <
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| 5. | having but lately come to a place, position, status, etc.: a reception for our new minister. |
| 6. | unaccustomed (usually fol. by to): people new to such work. |
| 7. | coming or occurring afresh; further; additional: new gains. |
| 8. | fresh or unused: to start a new sheet of paper. |
| 9. | (of physical or moral qualities) different and better: The vacation made a new man of him. |
| 10. | other than the former or the old: a new era; in the New World. |
| 11. | being the later or latest of two or more things of the same kind: the New Testament; a new edition of Shakespeare. |
| 12. | (initial capital letter) (of a language) in its latest known period, esp. as a living language at the present time: New High German. |
–adverb | 13. | recently or lately (usually used in combination): The valley was green with new-planted crops. |
| 14. | freshly; anew or afresh (often used in combination): roses new washed with dew; new-mown hay. |
–noun | 15. | something that is new; a new object, quality, condition, etc.: Ring out the old, ring in the new. |
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Mexico Definition–noun | 1. | a republic in S North America. 97,563,374; 761,530 sq. mi. (1,972,363 sq. km). Capital: Mexico City. |
| 2. | a state in central Mexico. 6,245,000; 8268 sq. mi. (21,415 sq. km). Capital: Toluca. |
| 4. | a town in NE Missouri. 12,276. |
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