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gray

/ gray /
noun/adjective satellite

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
horse of a light grey or whitish color
Type of:
saddle horse riding horse mount
adjective satellite Sense 2
used to signify the Confederate forces in the Civil War (who wore gray uniforms)
"a stalwart gray figure"
Similar:
southern
adjective satellite Sense 3
intermediate in character or position
"a gray area between clearly legal and strictly illegal"
Similar:
intermediate
adjective satellite Sense 4
an achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white
"gray flannel suit"
"hair just turning gray"
Similar:
achromatic
verb Sense 5
make gray
"The painter decided to grey the sky"
Type of:
color colorize colorise
Derived:
grayness grey greyness
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 6
turn gray
"Her hair began to gray"
Type of:
discolor discolour colour
Derived:
grayness grey greyness
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
noun Sense 7
English poet best known for his elegy written in a country church-yard (1716-1771)
Type of:
poet
noun Sense 8
American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806)
Type of:
navigator
noun Sense 9
United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin''s theories of evolution (1810-1888)
Type of:
botanist phytologist plant scientist
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
noun Sense 11
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:
grey
noun Sense 12
gray clothing
"he was dressed in gray"
Type of:
clothing article of clothing vesture
adjective satellite Sense 13
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 14
darkened with overcast
"a dark day"
"a dull sky"
"a gray rainy afternoon"
"gray clouds"
"the sky was leaden and thick"
Similar:
cloudy
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
14
Total Synonyms
5
Total Relationships
40
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

saddle horse riding horse mount southern intermediate achromatic color colorize colorise discolor discolour colour