Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun etc. See
gray , etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective See
gray (the correct orthography).
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- adjective Alternative form of
gray . - verb Alternative form of
gray . - noun Alternative form of
gray .
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- verb make grey
- noun United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)
- adjective of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
- noun a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
- verb turn grey
- noun clothing that is a grey color
- adjective intermediate in character or position
- noun Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845)
- noun any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey
- noun horse of a light gray or whitish color
- adjective used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)
- adjective showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
- noun Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554)
Etymologies
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Examples
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As a Gibson employee wrote in an internal email about how the company could get Madagascar wood onto what it called the "grey market": "All legal timber and wood exports are prohibited because of widespread corruption and theft of valuable woods like rosewood and ebony."
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In addition, there are approximately 12 patriots, such as Mthetheleli Mncube and Robert McBride, whom the regime has unilaterally lumped together into what it calls the grey-area category.
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He's raising the V-sign to what he calls grey-haired, corrupt, politicians advocating a revolution in Italian politics.
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He's raising the V-sign to what he calls grey-haired, corrupt, politicians advocating a revolution in Italian politics.
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He's raising the V-sign to what he calls grey-haired, corrupt, politicians advocating a revolution in
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He's raising the V-sign to what he calls grey-haired, corrupt, politicians advocating a revolution in Italian politics.
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He's raising the V-sign to what he calls grey-haired, corrupt, politicians advocating a revolution in Italian politics.
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He's raising the V-sign to what he calls grey-haired, corrupt, politicians advocating a revolution in
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'We have seen very bad written rules, what I call grey rules, with different interpretations,' he told reporters before the Bahrain Grand Prix.
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I was wondering, Both KOM and SI do two schemes - pale greys and a dark greeny brown, seeing as most prey animals are mostly grey, do you think the grey is more effective?
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He felt certain that the “event” – a grey swan, or predictable catastrophe triggered by our enemies, Mother Nature, or just by accident –was inevitable.
The super-rich ‘preppers’ planning to save themselves from the apocalypse Douglas Rushkoff 2023
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Lime has a chemical structure that makes it clingy or cementitious, and more so when mixed with other minerals in the shale and clays — and together they form what is called “clinker,” or “gray gold,” built of tiny interlocking crystals
princesscenedra commented on the word grey
I think that it looks better spelt with an e instead of an a.
December 2, 2006
patra commented on the word grey
I agree. :)
March 19, 2008
bilby commented on the word grey
Only scribed with an 'a' in barbarous provinces.
March 20, 2008
pterodactyl commented on the word grey
For a discussion of "grey" vs. "gray" (among other things), see they.
February 8, 2009
mollusque commented on the word grey
Grey is grayer than gray, leaning to fey rather than gay.
May 23, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word grey
Always reminds me of Grey Gardens.
January 5, 2011
oroboros commented on the word grey
For more discussion of "grey v. gray" see here. In a nutshell: Gray = color; grey = colour.
June 24, 2011