GRAY
Scrabble letter values: G2R1A1Y4 = 8
Definition
- verb make grey. — synonyms: grey
- verb turn grey. — synonyms: grey
- adjective of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black. — synonyms: grey, greyish, grayish
- adjective showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair. — synonyms: grey, grey-haired, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary
- adjective used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms). — synonyms: grey
- adjective intermediate in character or position. — synonyms: grey
- noun a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black. — synonyms: grayness, grey, greyness
- noun clothing that is a grey color. — synonyms: grey
- noun any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey. — synonyms: grey
- noun horse of a light gray or whitish color. — synonyms: grey
- noun the SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation. — synonyms: Gy
- noun English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965). — synonyms: Louis_Harold_Gray
- noun English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771). — synonyms: Thomas_Gray
- noun American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806). — synonyms: Robert_Gray
- noun United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888). — synonyms: Asa_Gray
Examples
- “The painter decided to grey the sky”
- “Her hair began to grey”
- “the little grey cells”