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adjective
1.
of a color between white and black; having a neutral hue.
2.
dark, dismal, or gloomy: gray skies.
3.
dull, dreary, or monotonous.
4.
having gray hair; gray-headed.
5.
EXPANDpertaining to old age; mature.
6.
Informal. pertaining to, involving, or composed of older persons: gray households.
7.
old or ancient.
8.
COLLAPSEindeterminate and intermediate in character: The tax audit concentrated on deductions in the gray area between purely personal and purely business expenses.
noun
9.
any achromatic color; any color with zero chroma, intermediate between white and black.
10.
something of this color.
11.
gray material or clothing: to dress in gray.
12.
an unbleached and undyed condition.
13.
EXPAND(often initial capital letter) a member of the Confederate army in the American Civil War or the army itself. Compare blue (def. 5).
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Graying
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verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
16.
to make or become gray.
Also, grey.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English grǣg; cognate with German grau
before 900; Middle English; Old English grǣg; cognate with German grau
Related forms
gray·ly, adverb
gray·ness, noun
un·grayed, adjective
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Word Origin & History
gray
O.E. græg (Mercian grei), from P.Gmc. *græwyaz (cf. O.N. grar, O.Fris. gre, Du. graw, Ger. grau), from PIE *ghreghwos, but no certain cognates outside Gmc. The distinction between British grey and U.S. gray developed 20c. Gray as figurative for "Southern troops in the U.S. Civil War" is first
EXPANDrecorded 1863, in reference to their uniform color.
COLLAPSE
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Medical Dictionary
Gray (grā), Henry. 1825?-1861.
British anatomist whose work Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical (1858), known as Gray's Anatomy, remains a standard text.
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gray  (grā) Pronunciation Key
The SI derived unit used to measure the energy absorbed by a substance per unit weight of the substance when exposed to radiation. One gray is equal to one joule per kilogram, or 100 rads. The gray is named after British physicist Louis Harold Gray (1905-1965). |
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