grey
adj 1: an achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of
black and white; "gray flannel suit"; "hair just
turning gray" [syn: {gray}, {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: {gray}, {gray-haired}, {grey-haired},
{gray-headed}, {grey-headed}, {hoar}, {hoary}, {white-haired}]
3: used to signify the Confederate forces in the Civil War (who
wore gray uniforms); "a stalwart gray figure" [syn: {gray}]
4: intermediate in character or position; "a gray area between
clearly legal and strictly illegal" [syn: {gray}]
5: darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "a gray
rainy afternoon"; "gray clouds"; "the sky was leaden and
thick" [syn: {dull}, {gray}, {leaden}]
n 1: any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are gray;
"the Confederate army was a vast gray" [syn: {gray}]
2: a neutral achromatic color midway between while and black
[syn: {gray}, {grayness}, {greyness}]
3: gray clothing; "he was dressed in gray" [syn: {gray}]
v 1: make gray [syn: {gray}]
2: turn gray; "Her hair began to gray" [syn: {gray}]