gray | English to English Dictionary

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gray

(gr/eI/ )

White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove.(adjective)

source: webster1913

a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black(noun.attribute)

Synonym:
grayness, grey, greyness

source: wordnet30
clothing that is a grey color(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
grey

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any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey(noun.group)

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horse of a light gray or whitish color(noun.animal)

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the SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad(noun.quantity)

Synonym:
gy

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English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965)(noun.person)

Synonym:
louis harold gray

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English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771)(noun.person)

Synonym:
thomas gray

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American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806)(noun.person)

Synonym:
robert gray

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United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888)(noun.person)

Synonym:
asa gray

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A gray color; any mixture of white and black; also, a neutral or whitish tint.(noun)

source: webster1913

of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black(adj.all)

Example:
Gray flannel suit.

Synonym:
grayish, grey, greyish

source: wordnet30
showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair(adj.all)

Synonym:
gray-haired, gray-headed, grey, grey-haired, grey-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired

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used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)(adj.all)

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intermediate in character or position(adj.all)

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