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grey

  [grey] adjective, -er, -est, noun, verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
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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.
Also, grey.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE grǣg; c. G grau

Related forms:
grayly, adverb
grayness, noun
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gray 1 also grey   (grā)   
adj.   gray·er also grey·er, gray·est also grey·est
  1. Of or relating to an achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white.
    1. Dull or dark: a gray, rainy afternoon.
    2. Lacking in cheer; gloomy: a gray mood.
    3. Having gray hair; hoary.
    4. Old or venerable.
    1. Having gray hair; hoary.
    2. Old or venerable.
  4. Intermediate in character or position, as with regard to a subjective matter: the gray area between their differing opinions on the film's morality.
n.  
  1. An achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white.
  2. An object or animal of the color gray.
  3. often Gray
    1. A member of the Confederate Army in the Civil War.
    2. The Confederate Army.
v.   grayed also greyed, gray·ing also grey·ing, grays also greys

v.   tr.
To make gray.
v.   intr.
  1. To become gray.
    1. To become old; age.
    2. To include a large or increasing proportion of older people: "Federal food programs can't keep up with the nation's rapidly graying population" (Michael J. McCarthy).

[Middle English grei, from Old English grǣg.]
gray'ly adj., gray'ness n.
grey   (grā)   
adj.   , n. & v.
Variant of gray1.
Grey   (grā)   
British politician who as prime minister (1830-1834) implemented parliamentary and social reforms, notably the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire.
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).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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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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Language Translation for : grey
Spanish: gris,
German: grau,
Japanese: 灰色の
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grey 
see gray.
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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