GREY as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • gray clothing
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • he was dressed in gray
    Hypernyms(s) grey is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) grey is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  3. 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) grey is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  4. Meaning
    • Englishman who as Prime minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845)
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) Grey is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  5. Meaning
    • Queen of England for nine days in 1553
    • she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554)
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) Grey is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  6. Meaning
    • United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) Grey is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower

GREY as VERB

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

GREY 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
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • 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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