Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Variant of gray1.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. etc. See gray, etc.
Wiktionary
- adj. Having a grey colour, as the ash of an ember.
- adj. dreary, gloomy
- adj. Having an indistinct or disputed quality
- v. To become grey or cause to become grey.
- n. An achromatic colour intermediate between black and white.
- n. an extraterrestrial creature with greyish skin, bulbous black eyes, and an enlarged head.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. See gray (the correct orthography).
WordNet 3.0
- v. make grey
- n. United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)
- adj. of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
- n. a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
- v. turn grey
- n. clothing that is a grey color
- adj. intermediate in character or position
- n. Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845)
- n. any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey
- n. horse of a light gray or whitish color
- adj. used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)
- adj. showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
- n. Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554)
Examples
“As a Gibson employee wrote in an internal email about how the company could get Madagascar wood onto what it called the "grey market": "All legal timber and wood exports are prohibited because of widespread corruption and theft of valuable woods like rosewood and ebony.”
“In addition, there are approximately 12 patriots, such as Mthetheleli Mncube and Robert McBride, whom the regime has unilaterally lumped together into what it calls the grey-area category.”
“He's raising the V-sign to what he calls grey-haired, corrupt, politicians advocating a revolution in Italian politics.”
“He's raising the V-sign to what he calls grey-haired, corrupt, politicians advocating a revolution in”
“I was wondering, Both KOM and SI do two schemes - pale greys and a dark greeny brown, seeing as most prey animals are mostly grey, do you think the grey is more effective?”
“I'd throw near nuff craw patterns or clouser patterns in grey/white, black/grey/white.”
“And grey is much easier to blend with blonde and ...”
“A millenary confection in grey felt, glittering with rhinestones, trimmed in black grosgrain.”
“The federal and state governments, refused to allow this flexibility, and insisted on the less cost effective investment in grey infrastructure.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘grey’.
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UK Usage - Find US Equivalent
All these terms have a (different) American English equivalent. Wonder if you can identify them?
abridgement (abri..., accoutrement, accoutre, acknowledgement (..., opposite, advert, adaptor, adapter, sticking plaster, advertise, adviser (advisor ..., adze, aesthete and 1196 more...
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Colour Me Happy
violet, lavender, rose, eggshell, mauve, fuschia, grey, azure, almond, sienna, purple, periwinkle and 71 more...
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colors
This list aims to contain words whose primary definition describes the color itself, unlike gold, silver, rust, turquoise, etc. Of course red can mean communist, blue can mean sad, yellow can mean ...
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, purple, pink, grey, gray, white, black and 25 more...
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Nom de Guerre Finder
You've taken all the other quizzes--you've already used the name of your first pet and you're tired of having to use the name of the first street where you lived. Now it's time to find your excitin...
odyssey, dawn, desert, storm, noble, eagle, shield, freedom, enduring, swift, sharp, edge and 50 more...
oroboros For more discussion of "grey v. gray" see here. In a nutshell: Gray = color; grey = colour. Jun 24, 2011
ruzuzu Always reminds me of Grey Gardens. Jan 4, 2011
mollusque Grey is grayer than gray, leaning to fey rather than gay. May 22, 2009
pterodactyl For a discussion of "grey" vs. "gray" (among other things), see they. Feb 7, 2009
bilby Only scribed with an 'a' in barbarous provinces. Mar 20, 2008
patra I agree. :) Mar 19, 2008
princesscenedra I think that it looks better spelt with an e instead of an a. Dec 2, 2006