GRAY as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • 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
  2. Meaning
    • gray clothing
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • he was dressed in gray
    Hypernyms(s) gray is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  3. Meaning
    • a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) gray is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  4. Meaning
    • any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are gray
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • 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 Hyponym(s)
  5. Meaning
    • United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin’’s theories of evolution (1810-1888)
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) Gray is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  6. Meaning
    • American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806)
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) Gray is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  7. Meaning
    • English poet best known for his elegy written in a country church-yard (1716-1771)
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) Gray is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower

GRAY as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • turn gray
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • Her hair began to gray
    Hypernyms(s) gray is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • make gray
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • 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 Derived(s)

GRAY as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • an achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • gray flannel suit
    • hair just turning gray
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  2. Meaning
    • darkened with overcast
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • a dark day
    • a dull sky
    • a gray rainy afternoon
    • gray clouds
    • the sky was leaden and thick
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  3. Meaning
    • intermediate in character or position
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    • a gray area between clearly legal and strictly illegal
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  4. Meaning
    • used to signify the Confederate forces in the Civil War (who wore gray uniforms)
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    • a stalwart gray figure
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  5. Meaning
    • showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • whose beard with age is hoar-Coleridge
    • nodded his hoary head
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