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grey
[grey]
adjective, -er, -est, noun, verb (used with object), verb (used without object) | gray 1 . |
Related forms:
greyly, adverb
greyness, noun
Grey
[grey]
–noun
| 1. | Charles, 2nd Earl, 1764–1845, British statesman: prime minister 1830–34. |
| 2. | Sir Edward (Viscount Fallodon ), 1862–1933, British statesman. |
| 3. | Sir George, 1812–98, British statesman and colonial administrator: prime minister of New Zealand 1877–79. |
| 4. | Lady Jane (Lady Jane Dudley ), 1537–54, descendant of Henry VII of England; executed under orders of Mary I to eliminate her as a rival for the throne. |
| 5. | Zane [zeyn] , 1875–1939, U.S. novelist. |
gray
1 [grey]
adjective, -er, -est, noun, verb –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. | pertaining to old age; mature. |
| 6. | Informal. pertaining to, involving, or composed of older persons: gray households. |
| 7. | old or ancient. |
| 8. | indeterminate 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. | (often initial capital letter ) a member of the Confederate army in the American Civil War or the army itself. Compare blue (def. 5). |
| 14. | a horse of a gray color. |
| 15. | a horse that appears white but is not an albino. |
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
| 16. | to make or become gray. |
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grey (grā) adj. , n. & v. Variant of gray1. |
| Grey, Lady Jane 1537-1554. Queen of England for nine days (1553). Proclaimed queen on the death of Edward VI (July 10, 1553), she was imprisoned after her short reign, replaced by the popular Mary Tudor, later Mary I, and subsequently beheaded for treason. |
| Grey, Zane 1875-1939. American writer of Western adventure novels, including Riders of the Purple Sage (1912). |
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Grey
Grey\, a. See Gray (the correct orthography).
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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grey
see gray.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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