what does gray mean?
GRAY as NOUN
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- horse of a light grey or whitish color
Hypernyms(s) gray is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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Hypernyms(s) gray is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
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- any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are gray
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- the Confederate army was a vast gray
Hypernyms(s) gray is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin’’s theories of evolution (1810-1888)
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Hypernyms(s) Gray is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806)
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Hypernyms(s) Gray is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- English poet best known for his elegy written in a country church-yard (1716-1771)
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Hypernyms(s) Gray is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
GRAY as VERB
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Hypernyms(s) gray is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- The painter decided to grey the sky
Hypernyms(s) gray is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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GRAY as ADJECTIVE
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- an achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white
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- gray flannel suit
- hair just turning gray
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- a dark day
- a dull sky
- a gray rainy afternoon
- gray clouds
- the sky was leaden and thick
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- intermediate in character or position
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- a gray area between clearly legal and strictly illegal
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- used to signify the Confederate forces in the Civil War (who wore gray uniforms)
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- showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair
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- whose beard with age is hoar-Coleridge
- nodded his hoary head
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