gray
adj 1: an achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of
black and white; "gray flannel suit"; "hair just
turning gray" [syn: {grey}, {grayish}, {greyish}]
2: showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or
white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge;
"nodded his hoary head" [syn: {grey}, {gray-haired}, {grey-haired},
{gray-headed}, {grey-headed}, {hoar}, {hoary}, {white-haired}]
3: darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "a gray
rainy afternoon"; "gray clouds"; "the sky was leaden and
thick" [syn: {dull}, {grey}, {leaden}]
4: used to signify the Confederate forces in the Civil War (who
wore gray uniforms); "a stalwart gray figure" [syn: {grey}]
5: clothed in gray or a gray costume; "Gray Ladies are
volunteer workers in the American Red Cross"; "the Gray
Friars are Franciscan friars who traditionally wear gray
habits"
6: intermediate in character or position; "a gray area between
clearly legal and strictly illegal" [syn: {grey}]
n 1: a neutral achromatic color midway between while and black
[syn: {grayness}, {grey}, {greyness}]
2: gray clothing; "he was dressed in gray" [syn: {grey}]
3: any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are gray;
"the Confederate army was a vast gray" [syn: {grey}]
4: horse of a light grey or whitish color
v 1: make gray [syn: {grey}]
2: turn gray; "Her hair began to gray" [syn: {grey}]