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   grey

   /ɡreɪ/

   adjective

   • 1. of a colour intermediate between black and white, as of ashes or lead: "grey flannel trousers" Similar greyishsilverysilver-greypearl-greypearlygunmetal greyslate-greysmoke-greysmokysootywhitesilverhoaryashenwanpalepastypallidcolourlesssallowleadenbloodlessanaemicwhitewaxenchalkysicklypeakeddrainedsappedwashed-outdrawndeathlydeathlikeghostlyinformal:peakyOpposite ruddy
   • ▪ (of the weather) cloudy and dull: "a cold, grey November day" Similar cloudyovercastdulldimdarksunlessgloomydrearydismalsombredrabbleakcheerlessdepressingglummistyfoggymurkyOpposite brightsunny
   • ▪ (of a person) having grey hair: "a grey, fatherly gentleman" Similar grey-hairedhoarygrizzledelderlyoldagedseniorancientvenerablein one's dotagelong in the toothas old as the hillspast one's primenot as young as one wasnot as young as one used to bedecrepitdodderingdodderynot long for this worldinformal:past itover the hillno spring chickenformal:senescentOpposite young
   • ▪ relating to old people collectively: informal "grey power" Similar grey-hairedhoarygrizzledelderlyoldagedseniorancientvenerablein one's dotagelong in the toothas old as the hillspast one's primenot as young as one wasnot as young as one used to bedecrepitdodderingdodderynot long for this worldinformal:past itover the hillno spring chickenformal:senescentOpposite young
   • ▪ (of a person's face) pale, as through tiredness, age, or illness: "his face looked grey and drawn"
   • 2. without interest or character; dull and nondescript: "grey, faceless men" Similar characterlesscolourlessnondescriptunremarkablefacelesslifelesssoullesspassionlessspiritlessinsipidjejuneflatblanddrystaledulluninterestingunimaginativeboringtediousmonotonousneutralanonymouswishy-washyOpposite colourfullively
   • 3. (of financial or trading activity) not accounted for in official statistics: "the grey economy" Similar unofficialinformalirregularback-door
   • 4. relating to an ethnically mixed residential area: historical South African "a grey Cape Town suburb"

   noun

   • 1. grey colour or pigment: "dirty intermediate tones of grey"
   • ▪ grey clothes or material: "the man in grey"
   • ▪ grey hair: "he sighed at the amount of grey at his temple"
   • 2. a grey thing or animal, in particular a grey or white horse.

   verb

   • 1. (especially of hair) become grey with age: "he had put on weight and greyed somewhat"
   • ▪ (of a person) become older: "the workforce is greying rapidly"

   Word Origin Old Englishgrǣg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch grauw and German grau.

   Derivatives

   • 1. greyish adjective
   • 2. greyly adverb
   • 3. greyness noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • G

     2

   • R

     1

   • E

     1

   • Y

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishGREY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryGRAY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   A1. of the color that is a mixture of black and white, the color of rain clouds: a gray sky. C2. having hair that has become gray or white, usually because of age: go/turn gray He started to go/ turn gray in his mid-forties. B2. used to describe the weather when there are a lot of clouds and little light:

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishMeaning of grey – Learner’s Dictionary - Cambridge Dictionary

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5. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishGRAY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   GRAY definition: 1. US spelling of grey 2. a unit of measurement for absorbed radiation 3. of the color that is a…. Learn more.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryGREY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   GREY meaning: 1. of the colour that is a mixture of black and white, the colour of rain clouds: 2. having hair…. Learn more.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryGREY | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

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8. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishGREY MATTER | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   GREY MATTER definition: 1. the darker tissue containing nerve fibres (= structures like threads) found in the brain and…. Learn more.

9. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishGREY AREA | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   GREY AREA definition: 1. a situation that is not clear or where the rules are not known: 2. mainly UK spelling of gray…. Learn more.

10. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarygrey | definition in the Cambridge Essential English Dictionary

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    grey meaning: 1. being a colour that is a mixture of black and white: 2. a colour that is a mixture of black and…. Learn more.

11. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarygray definition | Cambridge Essential American Dictionary

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