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adjective | noun | verb graygray1 /greɪ/ ●●● S2 W3 adjective ► turn/go gray Ryan went gray when he was only 40. THESAURUScloudy weather is dark because the sky is full of clouds► cloudycloudy weather is dark because the sky is full of clouds: Cloudy days are good for hiking. ► gray cloudy, so there is no blue sky and no sun showing: The weather was cold and gray. ► overcast completely cloudy, dark, and likely to rain soon: The sky is overcast, so I think it might rain. ► gloomy dark and cloudy in a way that makes you feel sad: It was a gloomy day and she just wanted to stay in bed. ► foggy with a lot of thick low cloud near the ground that is difficult to see through: It’s very dangerous to drive when it is so foggy. ► misty with a lot of thin low cloud that is difficult to see through, especially because you are near the ocean or a lake: It was a cool, misty morning by the lake. ► hazy with a lot of smoke, dust, or mist in the air so it is not clear: The sun was a dull glow in the hazy sky. 1 having a color of black mixed with white, like rain clouds: the icy gray waters of the Atlantic2having gray hair: turn/go gray Ryan went gray when he was only 40.3if the weather is gray, the sky is full of clouds and the sun is not bright SYN dreary► see thesaurus at cloudy4a gray area used to talk about a situation or subject in which something is not clearly a particular thing so that people are not sure how to deal with it: Many laws contain gray areas when applied to the Internet.5looking pale because you are tired, frightened, or sick SYN ashen: His face went gray with shock.6boring and unattractive OPP colorful: gray faceless bureaucrats adjective | noun | verb graygray2 ●●● noun 1[countable, uncountable] the color of smoke and rain clouds, between black and white2[countable] an animal, especially a horse or a whale, that is gray adjective | noun | verb graygray3 verb VERB TABLEgray |
Present | I, you, we, they | gray | | he, she, it | grays | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | grayed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have grayed | | he, she, it | has grayed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had grayed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will gray | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have grayed |
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Present | I | am graying | | he, she, it | is graying | | you, we, they | are graying | Past | I, he, she, it | was graying | | you, we, they | were graying | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been graying | | he, she, it | has been graying | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been graying | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be graying | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been graying |
[intransitive] if someone grays or someone's hair grays, his or her hair becomes gray |