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Grey

/ Grey /
noun/adjective satellite

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
Englishman who as Prime minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845)
Type of:
statesman solon national leader
noun Sense 2
Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554)
Type of:
Queen of England
Has parts:
Tudor House of Tudor
noun Sense 3
United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)
Type of:
writer author
noun Sense 4
gray clothing
"he was dressed in gray"
Type of:
clothing article of clothing vesture
adjective satellite Sense 5
used to signify the Confederate forces in the Civil War (who wore gray uniforms)
"a stalwart gray figure"
Similar:
southern
adjective satellite Sense 6
intermediate in character or position
"a gray area between clearly legal and strictly illegal"
Similar:
intermediate
adjective satellite Sense 7
an achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white
"gray flannel suit"
"hair just turning gray"
Similar:
achromatic
verb Sense 8
make gray
"The painter decided to grey the sky"
Type of:
color colorize colorise
Derived:
gray grayness greyness
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 9
turn gray
"Her hair began to gray"
Type of:
discolor discolour colour
Derived:
gray grayness greyness
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
noun Sense 10
any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are gray
"the Confederate army was a vast gray"
Type of:
organization organisation
Kinds of:
Confederate Army Army of the Confederacy
adjective satellite Sense 11
showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair
"whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge"
"nodded his hoary head"
Similar:
old
adjective satellite Sense 12
darkened with overcast
"a dark day"
"a dull sky"
"a gray rainy afternoon"
"gray clouds"
"the sky was leaden and thick"
Similar:
cloudy
noun Sense 13
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
Type of:
achromatic color achromatic colour
Kinds of:
ash gray ash grey silver silver gray silver grey
Derived:
gray
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
13
Total Synonyms
5
Total Relationships
40
Times Searched
4
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Related Words

statesman solon national leader Queen of England writer author clothing article of clothing vesture southern intermediate achromatic