grey (
http://definr.com/grey)
adj 1: an achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of
black and white; "gray flannel suit"; "hair just
turning gray" [syn:
gray,
grayish,
greyish]
2: showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or
white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge;
"nodded his hoary head" [syn:
gray,
gray-haired,
grey-haired,
gray-headed,
grey-headed,
hoar,
hoary,
white-haired]
3: used to signify the Confederate forces in the Civil War (who
wore gray uniforms); "a stalwart gray figure" [syn:
gray]
4: intermediate in character or position; "a gray area between
clearly legal and strictly illegal" [syn:
gray]
5: darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "a gray
rainy afternoon"; "gray clouds"; "the sky was leaden and
thick" [syn:
dull,
gray,
leaden]
n 1: United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)
[syn:
Grey,
Zane Grey]
2: Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly
replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason
(1537-1554) [syn:
Grey,
Lady Jane Grey]
3: Englishman who as Prime minister implemented social reforms
including the abolition of slavery throughout the British
Empire (1764-1845) [syn:
Grey,
Charles Grey, {Second
Earl Grey}]
4: any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are gray;
"the Confederate army was a vast gray" [syn:
gray]
5: a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
[syn:
gray,
grayness,
greyness]
6: gray clothing; "he was dressed in gray" [syn:
gray]
v 1: make gray [syn:
gray]
2: turn gray; "Her hair began to gray" [syn:
gray]