1. adj. Having a color somewhere between white and black, as the ash of an ember.
2. adj. (UK, Commonwealth) standard spelling of gray
3. adj. Dreary, gloomy.
4. adj. Having an indistinct, disputed or uncertain quality.
5. v. (UK, Commonwealth) standard spelling of gray
6. adj. Relating to older people.
7. s. (UK, Commonwealth) standard spelling of gray
the grey dollar, i.e. the purchasing power of the elderly
8. v. To become grey.
My hair is beginning to grey.
9. v. To cause to become grey.
10. v. (demography, slang) To turn progressively older, in the context of the population of a geographic region.
the greying of Europe
11. s. (often spelled "gray" in the US)
12. s. An achromatic colour intermediate between black and white.
(color panel, grey, 808080)
13. s. An animal or thing of grey colour, such as a horse, badger, or salmon.
14. s. (ufology) an extraterrestrial humanoid with greyish skin, bulbous black eyes, and an enlarged head.
gray
1. s. Gris.
gray
1. adj. (US) Having a color somewhere between white and black, as the ash of an ember.
2. adj. (US) Dreary, gloomy.
3. adj. (US) Having an indistinct, disputed or uncertain quality.
4. adj. (US) Relating to older people.
the gray dollar, i.e. the purchasing power of the elderly
5. v. (US) To become gray.
My hair is beginning to gray.
6. v. (US) To cause to become gray.
7. v. (US, demography slang) To turn progressively older, alluding to graying of hair through aging (used in context of the population of a geographic region)
the graying of America
8. s. (spelled "grey" in the UK and the Commonwealth)
9. s. (US) An achromatic colour intermediate between black and white.
(color panel, grey, 808080)
10. s. An animal or thing of grey colour, such as a horse, badger, or salmon.
11. s. (chiefly US, ufology) an extraterrestrial humanoid with grayish skin, bulbous black eyes, and an enlarged head.
12. s. (US, two-up) A penny with a tail on both sides, used for cheating.Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language, second edition, 1966, chapter XI section 3, page 243
13. s. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of absorbed dose of radiation (radiation absorbed by a patient); one joule of energy absorbed per kilogram of the patient's mass. Symbol: Gy
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