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Adjective: grey (greyer,greyest) grey
Usage: Brit, Cdn (=gray)
- Of an achromatic colour of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
"the little grey cells"; "grey flannel suit"
- gray [US], greyish [Brit, Cdn], grayish [US] - Showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
- gray [US], grey-haired [Brit, Cdn], gray-haired [US], grey-headed [Brit, Cdn], gray-headed [US], grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired - Used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)
"a stalwart grey figure"
- gray [US] - Intermediate in character or position
"a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal"
- gray [US]
Noun: grey grey
Usage: Brit, Cdn (=gray)
- A neutral achromatic colour midway between white and black
- gray [US], grayness [US], greyness [Brit, Cdn] - Clothing that is a grey colour
"he was dressed in grey"
- gray [US] - Any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey
"the Confederate army was a vast grey"
- gray [US] - Horse of a light grey or whitish colour
- gray [US] - The SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one grey equals 100 rad
- gray [US], Gy
Verb: grey grey
Usage: Brit, Cdn (=gray)
- Make grey
"The painter decided to grey the sky"
- gray [US] - Turn grey
"Her hair began to grey"
- gray [US]
Noun: Grey grey- Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554)
- Lady Jane Grey - Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845)
- Charles Grey, Second Earl Grey - United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)
- Zane Grey
Derived forms: greying, Greys, greyed, greyest, greyer, greys See also: achromatic, greyly [Brit, Cdn], intermediate, neutral, old, southern Type of: achromatic color [US], achromatic colour [Brit, Cdn], article of clothing, author, clothing, color [US], color in [US], colorise [Brit], colorize [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], colour in [Brit, Cdn], colourise [Brit], colourize [Brit, Cdn], discolor [US], discolour [Brit, Cdn], habiliment [archaic], mount, national leader, organisation [Brit], organization, Queen of England, radioactivity unit, riding horse, saddle horse, solon, statesman, vesture, wear, wearable, writer Part of: House of Tudor, Tudor Encyclopedia: Grey, Charles, 2nd Earl Grey Grey Grey, Edward, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon Grey, Manitoba Grey, George |