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English adjective: gray | |||
| 1. | gray of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black | ||
| Samples | The little grey cells. Gray flannel suit. A man with greyish hair. | ||
| Synonyms | grayish, grey, greyish | ||
| Similar | achromatic, neutral | ||
| Antonyms | chromatic | ||
| 2. | gray showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair | ||
| Samples | Whose beard with age is hoar. Nodded his hoary head. | ||
| Synonyms | gray-haired, gray-headed, grey, grey-haired, grey-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired | ||
| Similar | old | ||
| Antonyms | young, immature | ||
| 3. | gray used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms) | ||
| Samples | A stalwart grey figure. | ||
| Synonyms | grey | ||
| Similar | southern | ||
| Antonyms | northern | ||
| 4. | gray intermediate in character or position | ||
| Samples | A grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal. | ||
| Synonyms | grey | ||
| Similar | intermediate | ||
| Antonyms | terminal | ||
English noun: gray | |||
| 1. | gray (attribute) a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black | ||
| Synonyms | grayness, grey, greyness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | achromatic color, achromatic colour | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ash gray, ash grey, charcoal, charcoal gray, charcoal grey, dapple-gray, dapple-grey, dappled-gray, dappled-grey, Davy's gray, Davy's grey, iron blue, iron-gray, iron-grey, oxford gray, oxford grey, silver, silver gray, silver grey, steel gray, steel grey, tattletale gray, tattletale grey | ||
| 2. | gray (artifact) clothing that is a grey color | ||
| Samples | He was dressed in grey. | ||
| Synonyms | grey | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, vesture, wear, wearable | ||
| 3. | gray (group) any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey | ||
| Samples | The Confederate army was a vast grey. | ||
| Synonyms | grey | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | organisation, organization | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Army of the Confederacy, Confederate Army | ||
| 4. | gray (animal) horse of a light gray or whitish color | ||
| Synonyms | grey | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mount, riding horse, saddle horse | ||
| 5. | gray (quantity) 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 | ||
| Synonyms | Gy | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | radioactivity unit | ||
| 6. | Gray (person) 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 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | radiobiologist | ||
| 7. | Gray (person) English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771) | ||
| Synonyms | Thomas Gray | ||
| Instance hypernym | poet | ||
| 8. | Gray (person) American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806) | ||
| Synonyms | Robert Gray | ||
| Instance hypernym | navigator | ||
| 9. | Gray (person) 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 | ||
| Instance hypernym | botanist, phytologist, plant scientist | ||
English verb: gray | |||
| 1. | gray (change) make grey | ||
| Samples | The painter decided to grey the sky. | ||
| Synonyms | grey | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize | ||
| 2. | gray (change) turn grey | ||
| Samples | Her hair began to grey. | ||
| Synonyms | grey | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | color, colour, discolor, discolour | ||
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