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Grey
(gr/eI/ )

adjective (a)

  • See Gray (the correct orthography).(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    zane grey
    source: wordnet30
  • Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554)(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    lady jane grey
    source: wordnet30
  • Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845)(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    charles grey, second earl grey
    source: wordnet30
  • any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey(noun.group)
    Example:
    The Confederate army was a vast grey.
    Synonym:
    gray
    source: wordnet30
  • a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black(noun.attribute)
    Synonym:
    gray, grayness, greyness
    source: wordnet30
  • clothing that is a grey color(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    He was dressed in grey.
    source: wordnet30
  • horse of a light gray or whitish color(noun.animal)
    source: wordnet30

adjective satellite (s)

  • of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black(adj.all)
    Example:
    The little grey cells.
    A man with greyish hair.
    Synonym:
    gray, grayish, greyish
    source: wordnet30
  • showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    gray, gray-haired, gray-headed, grey-haired, grey-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired
    source: wordnet30
  • used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)(adj.all)
    Example:
    A stalwart grey figure.
    source: wordnet30
  • intermediate in character or position(adj.all)
    Example:
    A grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal.
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • make grey(verb.change)
    Example:
    The painter decided to grey the sky.
    source: wordnet30
  • turn grey(verb.change)
    Example:
    Her hair began to grey.
    source: wordnet30
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