Overview of noun grey

The noun grey has 7 senses

• Grey, Zane Grey -- (United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939))


• Grey, Lady Jane Grey -- (Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554))


• Grey, Charles Grey, Second Earl Grey -- (Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845))


• grey, gray -- (any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey; "the Confederate army was a vast grey")


• gray, grayness, grey, greyness -- (a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black)


• grey, gray -- (clothing that is a grey color; "he was dressed in grey")


• grey, gray -- (horse of a light gray or whitish color)

Overview of verb grey

The verb grey has 2 senses

• grey, gray -- (make grey; "The painter decided to grey the sky")


• grey, gray -- (turn grey; "Her hair began to grey")

Overview of adj grey

The adj grey has 4 senses

• grey, gray, greyish, grayish -- (of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black; "the little grey cells"; "gray flannel suit"; "a man with greyish hair")


• grey, gray, grey-haired, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired -- (showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head")


• grey, gray -- (used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms); "a stalwart grey figure")


• grey, gray -- (intermediate in character or position; "a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal")