gray

/ɡɹˈe‍ɪ/

/ˈɡɹeɪ/

[adjective] [noun] [verb]

gray

[ADJECTIVE]

having a color between white and black, like most koalas or dolphins

synonyms : grayish

(of a person) having gray hair as a sign of aging

synonyms : gray-haired

intermediate in character or position

Gray

[NOUN]

a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black

synonyms : grayness

grey

greyness

1.1

clothing that is a grey color

1.2

used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)

1.3

any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey

horse of a light gray or whitish color

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

American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806)

synonyms : Robert Gray

English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771)

synonyms : Thomas Gray

English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965)

synonyms : Louis Harold Gray

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 gray equals 100 rad

synonyms : Gy

to gray

[VERB]

MAIN VERB

make grey

1.1

turn grey

Examples

1. My grandmother's hair is gray.

2. Gray hairs were starting to show in her otherwise dark hair.

3. She used a gray pencil to sketch out her drawing.

4. The wrinkles and gray hair show that he's getting on, but he's still full of wisdom and experience.

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