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1. | [ adjective ] (color) an achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white | |
Synonyms: | grey greyish grayish | |
Examples: | "gray flannel suit" "hair just turning gray" |
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Related terms: | achromatic | |
2. | [ noun ] (color) a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black | |
Synonyms: | grey greyness grayness | |
Related terms: | achromatic_color ash_gray iron_blue charcoal tattletale_gray iron-gray dapple-gray | |
3. | [ adjective ] showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair | |
Synonyms: | gray-haired gray-headed white-haired grey-headed hoar hoary grey-haired grey | |
Examples: | "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge "nodded his hoary head" |
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Related terms: | old | |
4. | [ adjective ] showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair | |
Synonyms: | gray-haired grey-haired hoary grey-headed grizzly hoar grey white-haired gray-headed | |
Examples: | "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge "nodded his hoary head" |
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Related terms: | old | |
5. | [ adjective ] darkened with overcast | |
Synonyms: | leaden grey dull | |
Examples: | "a dark day" "a dull sky" "a gray rainy afternoon" "gray clouds" "the sky was leaden and thick" |
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Related terms: | cloudy | |
6. | [ noun ] (clothing) gray clothing | |
Synonyms: | grey | |
Examples: | "he was dressed in gray" |
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Related terms: | clothing | |
7. | [ adjective ] used to signify the Confederate forces in the Civil War (who wore gray uniforms) | |
Synonyms: | grey | |
Examples: | "a stalwart gray figure" |
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Related terms: | southern | |
8. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 69 | |
9. | [ noun ] (zoology) horse of a light grey or whitish color | |
Related terms: | saddle_horse | |
10. | [ noun ] any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are gray | |
Synonyms: | grey | |
Examples: | "the Confederate army was a vast gray" |
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Related terms: | organization Confederate_Army | |
11. | [ adjective ] intermediate in character or position | |
Synonyms: | grey | |
Examples: | "a gray area between clearly legal and strictly illegal" |
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Related terms: | intermediate | |
12. | [ noun ] (biology,botany) United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888) | |
Synonyms: | asa_gray | |
Related terms: | botanist | |
13. | [ adjective ] clothed in gray or a gray costume | |
Examples: | "Gray Ladies are volunteer workers in the American Red Cross" "the Gray Friars are Franciscan friars who traditionally wear gray habits" |
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14. | [ noun ] (verse,writing) English poet best known for his elegy written in a country church-yard (1716-1771) | |
Synonyms: | thomas_gray | |
Related terms: | poet | |
15. | [ noun ] (nautical,geography) American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806) | |
Synonyms: | robert_gray | |
Related terms: | navigator | |
16. | [ verb ] (fine art,color) make gray | |
Synonyms: | grey | |
Examples: | "The painter decided to grey the sky" |
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Related terms: | color color | |
17. | [ verb ] (color) turn gray | |
Synonyms: | grey | |
Examples: | "Her hair began to gray" |
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Related terms: | discolor | |
Similar spelling: |
Grey Grewia grow Groh Grau Garay |