Definition (noun) a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
Definition (noun) clothing that is a grey color
Definition (noun) any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey
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the Confederate army was a vast grey
Definition (noun) horse of a light gray or whitish color
Definition (noun) the SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad
Definition (noun) English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965)
Definition (noun) English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771)
Definition (noun) American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806)
Definition (noun) United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888)
Definition (verb) make grey
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The painter decided to grey the sky
Definition (verb) turn grey
Definition (adj) of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
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the little grey cells
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gray flannel suit
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a man with greyish hair
Definition (adj) showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
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whose beard with age is hoar
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nodded his hoary head
Definition (adj) used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)
Definition (adj) intermediate in character or position
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a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal