"grey" in the noun sense
1. Grey, Zane Grey
United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)
2. Grey, Lady Jane Grey
Queen of England for nine days in 1553 she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554)
3. Grey, Charles Grey, Second Earl Grey
Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845)
4. grey, gray
any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey
"the Confederate army was a vast grey"
5. gray, grayness, grey, greyness
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
6. grey, gray
clothing that is a grey color
"he was dressed in grey"
7. grey, gray
horse of a light gray or whitish color
"grey" in the verb sense
1. grey, gray
make grey
"The painter decided to grey the sky"
2. grey, gray
turn grey
"Her hair began to grey"
"grey" in the adjective sense
1. grey, gray, greyish, grayish
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
"the little grey cells"
"gray flannel suit"
"a man with greyish hair"
2. grey, gray, grey-haired, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired
showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
"whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge
"nodded his hoary head"
3. grey, gray
used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms
"a stalwart grey figure"
4. grey, gray
intermediate in character or position
"a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal"
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