what does grey mean?
GREY as NOUN
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Hypernyms(s) grey 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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Hypernyms(s) grey is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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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) grey is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Englishman who as Prime minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845)
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Hypernyms(s) Grey is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Queen of England for nine days in 1553
- she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554)
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Hypernyms(s) Grey is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)
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Hypernyms(s) Grey is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
GREY as VERB
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Hypernyms(s) grey 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) grey is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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GREY 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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