gray

Noun
  1. A neutral achromatic color midway between white and black (synset 104968868)
    is a type of: achromatic color, achromatic colour - a color lacking hue; white or grey or black
    subtypes:
    same as: grayness, grey, greyness
  2. Clothing that is a grey color (synset 103461130)
    "he was dressed in grey"
    is a type of: article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, vesture, wear, wearable - a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
    same as: grey
  3. Any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey (synset 108498020)
    "the Confederate army was a vast grey"
    is a type of: organisation, organization - a group of people who work together
    subtypes: army of the confederacy, confederate army - the southern army during the American Civil War
    same as: grey
  4. Horse of a light gray or whitish color (synset 102384016)
    is a type of: mount, riding horse, saddle horse - a lightweight horse kept for riding only
    same as: grey
  5. 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 (synset 113667291)
    is a type of: radioactivity unit - a measure of radioactivity
    same as: gy
  6. English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965) (synset 111032989)
    is a type of: radiobiologist - a biologist who studies the effects of radiation on living organisms
    same as: louis harold gray
  7. English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771) (synset 111032842)
    is an instance of: poet - a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
    same as: thomas gray
  8. American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806) (synset 111032672)
    is an instance of: navigator - in earlier times, a person who explored by ship
    same as: robert gray
  9. United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888) (synset 111032470)
    is an instance of: botanist, phytologist, plant scientist - a biologist specializing in the study of plants
    same as: asa gray
Adjective
  1. Of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black (synset 300390371)
    "the little grey cells"; "gray flannel suit"; "a man with greyish hair"
    similar to: achromatic, neutral - having no hue
    same as: grayish, grey, greyish
  2. Showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair (synset 301650120)
    "whose beard with age is hoar"; "nodded his hoary head"
    similar to: old - (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
    same as: gray-haired, gray-headed, grey, grey-haired, grey-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired
  3. Used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms) (synset 301611702)
    "a stalwart grey figure"
    similar to: southern - in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
    same as: grey
  4. Intermediate in character or position (synset 301018282)
    "a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal"
    similar to: intermediate - lying between two extremes in time or space or state
    same as: grey
Verb
  1. Make grey (synset 200290441)
    "The painter decided to grey the sky"
    is a type of: color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize - add color to
    same as: grey
  2. Turn grey (synset 200290154)
    "Her hair began to grey"
    is a type of: color, colour, discolor, discolour - change color, often in an undesired manner
    same as: grey

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