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Meaning of gray in English
Pronunciation
/ɡreɪ/
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Verb
gray
Definitions
1.
make gray
Examples
« The painter decided to grey the sky »
2.
turn gray
Examples
« Her hair began to gray »
Classifying Adjective
gray
Definitions
1.
an achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white
Examples
« gray flannel suit »
« hair just turning gray »
Synonyms
achromatic
2.
showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair
Examples
« whose beard with age is hoar-Coleridge »
« nodded his hoary head »
Synonyms
old
3.
darkened with overcast
Examples
« a dark day »
« a dull sky »
« a gray rainy afternoon »
« gray clouds »
« the sky was leaden and thick »
Synonyms
cloudy
4.
used to signify the Confederate forces in the Civil War (who wore gray uniforms)
Examples
« a stalwart gray figure »
Synonyms
southern
5.
intermediate in character or position
Examples
« a gray area between clearly legal and strictly illegal »
Synonyms
intermediate
Noun
gray
Etymology
1970s: named after Louis H. Gray (1905–65), English radiobiologist
Definitions
1.
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
2.
gray clothing
Examples
« he was dressed in gray »
3.
any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are gray
Examples
« the Confederate army was a vast gray »
4.
horse of a light grey or whitish color
5.
English poet best known for his elegy written in a country church-yard (1716-1771)
6.
American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806)
7.
United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888)