gray
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"

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"

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"

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"

Related terms: cloudy
6. [ noun ] (clothing) gray clothing
Synonyms: grey
Examples:

"he was dressed in gray"

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"

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"

Related terms: organization Confederate_Army
11. [ adjective ] intermediate in character or position
Synonyms: grey
Examples:

"a gray area between clearly legal and strictly illegal"

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"

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"

Related terms: color color
17. [ verb ] (color) turn gray
Synonyms: grey
Examples:

"Her hair began to gray"

Related terms: discolor
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