gray
/ɡɹeɪ/noun, verb, adjective1 syllable
Gray means: showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair.
Synonyms for gray38
noun, as in a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
noun, as in English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965)
noun, as in English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771)
noun, as in American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806)
noun, as in United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888)
noun, as in clothing that is a grey color
noun, as in any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey
noun, as in horse of a light gray or whitish color
noun, as in 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
verb, as in make grey
verb, as in turn grey
adjective, as in showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
adjective, as in of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
adjective, as in used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)
adjective, as in intermediate in character or position
also used for gray
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What does gray mean?15
adjective
showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair“whose beard with age is hoar”
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black“the little grey cells”
used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)“a stalwart grey figure”
intermediate in character or position“a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal”
noun
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965)
English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771)
American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806)
United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888)
clothing that is a grey color“he was dressed in grey”
any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey“the Confederate army was a vast grey”
horse of a light gray or whitish color
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
verb
make grey“The painter decided to grey the sky”
turn grey“Her hair began to grey”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with gray?60
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Gray in a sentence
- That is to say, he was old and gray and tired.AlanF_US
- The man must be over sixty, for his hair is gray.unknown
- He had a round, curly beard and not a single gray hair.shekitten
- Our small car, which has two doors, is black and gray.marioo
- Beneath the gray hair, a famous stud still lies.DJ_Saidez
- At first they drove through streets of small, gray houses.unknown
- By the river, there are elegant gray buildings.eleutherothentes1
- At the hill, there's a big gray building.qwertzu
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Forms of gray
as a noun
- plural
- grays
as a verb
- past tense
- grayed
- present participle
- graying
- third-person singular
- grays
- past participle
- grayed
as a adjective
- comparative
- grayer
- superlative
- grayest