grey adj
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grey — gray / grey [adj] muted silver in color ash, ashen, battleship*, cinereal, clouded, dingy, dove, drab, dusky, dusty, granite, heather, iron, lead, leaden, livid, mousy, neutral, oyster, pearly, peppery, powder, sere, shaded, silvered, silvery,… … New thesaurus
grey — adj., n., & v. (US gray) adj. 1 of a colour intermediate between black and white, as of ashes or lead. 2 a (of the weather etc.) dull, dismal; heavily overcast. b bleak, depressing; (of a person) depressed. 3 a (of hair) turning white with age… … Useful english dictionary
Grey — adj., n., & v. (US gray) adj. 1 of a colour intermediate between black and white, as of ashes or lead. 2 a (of the weather etc.) dull, dismal; heavily overcast. b bleak, depressing; (of a person) depressed. 3 a (of hair) turning white with age… … Useful english dictionary
grey-haired — adj. showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair. Syn: gray, grey, gray haired, gray headed, grey headed, hoar, hoary. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
grey-headed — adj. 1. same as {gray headed}. Syn: gray, grey, gray haired, grey haired, gray headed, hoar, hoary. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
grey — [grā] adj., n., vt., vi. chiefly Brit. sp. of GRAY1 … English World dictionary
grey — adj. RG. 440, 498 sb. == gray fur. M. Ode, 183. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 192 … Oldest English Words
grey — [[t]gre͟ɪ[/t]] ♦♦ greyer, greyest (in AM, use gray) 1) COLOUR Grey is the colour of ashes or of clouds on a rainy day. ...a grey suit. 2) ADJ GRADED You use grey to describe the colour of people s hair when it changes from its original colour,… … English dictionary
grey — grey1 W2S2 BrE gray AmE [greı] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(colour)¦ 2¦(hair)¦ 3¦(face)¦ 4¦(boring)¦ 5¦(weather)¦ 6¦(of old people)¦ 7 grey area ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) … Dictionary of contemporary English
grey*/ — [greɪ] adj I 1) between black and white in colour He wore a dark grey suit.[/ex] 2) if someone goes or turns grey, their hair starts to become white She seems to have gone grey very quickly.[/ex] 3) if someone s face is grey, they look pale… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
