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| 1. | [ adjective ] (color) an achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white | |
| Synonyms: | gray 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: | gray greyness grayness | |
| Related terms: | achromatic_color ash_gray iron_blue charcoal tattletale_gray iron-gray dapple-gray gray | |
| 3. | [ verb ] (color) turn gray | |
| Synonyms: | gray | |
| Examples: | "Her hair began to gray" |
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| Related terms: | discolor gray | |
| 4. | [ verb ] (fine art,color) make gray | |
| Synonyms: | gray | |
| Examples: | "The painter decided to grey the sky" |
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| Related terms: | color color gray | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (politics) Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554) | |
| Synonyms: | lady_jane_grey | |
| Related terms: | queen_of_england Tudor | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] darkened with overcast | |
| Synonyms: | gray leaden 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 | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] intermediate in character or position | |
| Synonyms: | gray | |
| Examples: | "a gray area between clearly legal and strictly illegal" |
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| Related terms: | intermediate | |
| 8. | [ adjective ] used to signify the Confederate forces in the Civil War (who wore gray uniforms) | |
| Synonyms: | gray | |
| Examples: | "a stalwart gray figure" |
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| Related terms: | southern | |
| 9. | [ adjective ] showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair | |
| Synonyms: | gray gray-haired white-haired grey-headed gray-headed hoary hoar grey-haired | |
| Examples: | "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge "nodded his hoary head" |
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| Related terms: | old | |
| 10. | [ noun ] (politics) Englishman who as Prime minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845) | |
| Synonyms: | second_earl_grey charles_grey | |
| Related terms: | statesman | |
| 11. | [ noun ] any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are gray | |
| Synonyms: | gray | |
| Examples: | "the Confederate army was a vast gray" |
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| Related terms: | organization Confederate_Army | |
| 12. | [ noun ] (writing) United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939) | |
| Synonyms: | zane_grey | |
| Related terms: | writer | |
| 13. | [ adjective ] showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair | |
| Synonyms: | gray gray-haired hoary grey-headed grey-haired hoar grizzly white-haired gray-headed | |
| Examples: | "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge "nodded his hoary head" |
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| Related terms: | old | |
| 14. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 2782 | |
| 15. | [ noun ] (clothing) gray clothing | |
| Synonyms: | gray | |
| Examples: | "he was dressed in gray" |
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| Related terms: | clothing | |
| Similar spelling: |
Gray Grewe Grawe Grow Groh Grau Garey |
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