gray
adjective
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of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
the little grey cells
gray flannel suit
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intermediate in character or position
a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal
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used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)
a stalwart grey figure
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showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge
nodded his hoary head
noun
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United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888)
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horse of a light gray or whitish color
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American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806)
he was dressed in grey
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clothing that is a grey color
he was dressed in grey
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English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771)
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a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
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any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey
the Confederate army was a vast grey
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English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965)
the Confederate army was a vast grey
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the SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad
verb
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turn grey
Her hair began to grey
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make grey
The painter decided to grey the sky
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