gray (
http://definr.com/gray)
adj 1: an achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of
black and white; "gray flannel suit"; "hair just
turning gray" [syn:
grey,
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:
grey,
gray-haired,
grey-haired,
gray-headed,
grey-headed,
hoar,
hoary,
white-haired]
3: darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "a gray
rainy afternoon"; "gray clouds"; "the sky was leaden and
thick" [syn:
dull,
grey,
leaden]
4: used to signify the Confederate forces in the Civil War (who
wore gray uniforms); "a stalwart gray figure" [syn:
grey]
5: clothed in gray or a gray costume; "Gray Ladies are
volunteer workers in the American Red Cross"; "the Gray
Friars are Franciscan friars who traditionally wear gray
habits"
6: intermediate in character or position; "a gray area between
clearly legal and strictly illegal" [syn:
grey]
n 1: a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
[syn:
grayness,
grey,
greyness]
2: gray clothing; "he was dressed in gray" [syn:
grey]
3: any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are gray;
"the Confederate army was a vast gray" [syn:
grey]
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) [syn:
Gray,
Thomas Gray]
6: American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and
who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806) [syn:
Gray,
Robert Gray]
7: United States botanist who specialized in North American
flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories
of evolution (1810-1888) [syn:
Gray,
Asa Gray]
v 1: make gray [syn:
grey]
2: turn gray; "Her hair began to gray" [syn:
grey]