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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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   Grey is a colour that is a mixture of black and white, or a hair colour that becomes white with age. It can also mean boring, sad, or a type of trade or generation.

   • English (US)

     GREY meaning: 1. of the colour that is a mixture of black...

   • Greyish

     GREYISH definition: 1. slightly grey in colour 2. mainly UK...

   • Greyly

     The most popular dictionary and thesaurus. Meanings &...

   • Greyness

     GREYNESS definition: 1. the quality of being grey in colour:...

   • Gray

     GRAY definition: 1. US spelling of grey 2. a unit of...

3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › greyGrey Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   Grey is a less common spelling of gray, which means of the color gray or dull in color. Learn how to use grey in a sentence, see examples, and explore related words and articles.

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › GreyGrey - Wikipedia

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   HTML/CSS [1] B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) Grey (more frequent British English) or gray (more frequent American English) [2] is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning that it has no chroma and therefore no hue. [3]

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

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   Grey is a word for a color that is a mixture of black and white, or for hair that is not black or white. Learn how to spell, pronounce, and use grey in different contexts and languages with Cambridge dictionaries.

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

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   Gray is the US spelling of grey, a color that is a mixture of black and white. Learn how to use gray in different contexts, such as describing hair, weather, or a unit of measurement, with examples and synonyms.

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishGREY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Learn the meaning, pronunciation, and usage of the word grey, which can be a colour, an adjective, a noun, or a verb. Find out the difference between grey and gray, and see examples of grey in sentences and phrases.

8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishgrey adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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   Definition of grey adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.