Dictionary definition · Gray
noun
- English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965)
- a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
- English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771)
- clothing that is a grey color"he was dressed in grey"
- American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806)
- any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey"the Confederate army was a vast grey"
- United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888)
verb
- make grey"The painter decided to grey the sky"
- turn grey"Her hair began to grey"
adjective
- of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black"the little grey cells"
- showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair"whose beard with age is hoar"
- used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)"a stalwart grey figure"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).