Definition of Grey
Adjective: grey (greyer,greyest) grey
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: gray)
- Of an achromatic colour of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
"the little grey cells"; "grey flannel suit";
- gray [US], greyish [Brit, Cdn], grayish [US]
- Showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
"whose beard with age is grey";
- gray [US], grey-haired [Brit, Cdn], gray-haired [US], grey-headed [Brit, Cdn], gray-headed [US], grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired
- Used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)
"a stalwart grey figure";
- gray [US]
- Intermediate in character or position
"a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal";
- gray [US]
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: gray)
- A neutral achromatic colour midway between white and black
- gray [US], grayness [US], greyness [Brit, Cdn]
- Clothing that is a grey colour
"he was dressed in grey";
- gray [US]
- Any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey
"the Confederate army was a vast grey";
- gray [US]
- Horse of a light grey or whitish colour
- gray [US]
- 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 grey equals 100 rad
- gray [US], Gy
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: gray)
- Make grey
"The painter decided to grey the sky";
- gray [US]
- Turn grey
"Her hair began to grey";
- gray [US]
- Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845)
- Charles Grey, Second Earl Grey
- Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554)
- Lady Jane Grey
- United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)
- Zane Grey
See also:
grewsomest
greyback
Anagrams containing the word grey