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gray definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb gray Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb gray Entailment of verb gray Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb gray 2 senses of gray Sense 1 gray, grey => color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in colour in Sense 2 gray, grey => discolor, discolour, colour, color Familiarity of verb gray gray used as a verb is rare (polysemy count = 2) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb gray Sense 1 gray, grey => color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in colour in -------------- Sense 2 gray, grey => discolor, discolour, colour, color -------------- Grep of noun gray african gray american gray birch asa gray ash gray charcoal gray dapple-gray dappled-gray davy's gray dwarf gray willow eastern gray squirrel gray gray-leaf pine gray alder gray area gray birch gray catbird gray flounder gray fox gray friar gray goldenrod gray hen gray jay gray kingbird gray lemming gray matter gray mullet gray partridge gray polypody gray poplar gray sage gray sea eagle gray skate gray snapper gray sole gray substance gray whale gray willow gray wolf grayback graybeard grayhen grayish brown graylag grayness great gray kangaroo great gray owl iron-gray oxford gray payne's gray robert gray roughtail stingray silver gray steel gray stingray tattletale gray thomas gray western gray squirrel Overview of noun gray The noun gray has 7 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (6) gray, grayness, grey, greyness -- (a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black) 2. (3) gray, grey -- (gray clothing; "he was dressed in gray") 3. (1) gray, grey -- (any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are gray; "the Confederate army was a vast gray") 4. (1) gray -- (horse of a light grey or whitish color) 5. Gray, Thomas Gray -- (English poet best known for his elegy written in a country church-yard (1716-1771)) 6. Gray, Robert Gray -- (American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806)) 7. Gray, Asa Gray -- (United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888)) Overview of verb gray The verb gray has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. gray, grey -- (make gray) 2. gray, grey -- (turn gray; "Her hair began to gray") Overview of adj gray The adj gray has 6 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (39) gray, grey, grayish, greyish -- (an achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white; "gray flannel suit"; "hair just turning gray") 2. (6) gray, grey, gray-haired, grey-haired, gray-headed, grey-headed, hoar, hoary, white-haired -- (showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head") 3. (4) dull, gray, grey, leaden -- (darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "a gray rainy afternoon"; "gray clouds"; "the sky was leaden and thick") 4. (3) gray, grey -- (used to signify the Confederate forces in the Civil War (who wore gray uniforms); "a stalwart gray figure") 5. gray -- (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. gray, grey -- (intermediate in character or position; "a gray area between clearly legal and strictly illegal") Antonyms of adj gray 5 of 6 senses of gray Sense 1 gray, grey, grayish, greyish INDIRECT (VIA achromatic) -> chromatic Sense 2 gray, grey, gray-haired, grey-haired, gray-headed, grey-headed, hoar, hoary, white-haired INDIRECT (VIA old) -> young, immature Sense 3 dull, gray, grey, leaden INDIRECT (VIA cloudy) -> clear Sense 4 gray, grey INDIRECT (VIA southern) -> northern Sense 6 gray, grey INDIRECT (VIA last intermediate) -> first INDIRECT (VIA intermediate, first) -> last Similarity of adj gray 6 senses of gray Sense 1 gray, grey, grayish, greyish => achromatic (vs. chromatic) Sense 2 gray, grey, gray-haired, grey-haired, gray-headed, grey-headed, hoar, hoary, white-haired => old (vs. young) Sense 3 dull, gray, grey, leaden => cloudy (vs. clear) Sense 4 gray, grey => southern (vs. northern) Sense 5 gray Pertains to noun gray (Sense 2) =>gray, grey => clothing, clothes, apparel, vesture, wearing apparel, wear, article of clothing Sense 6 gray, grey => intermediate (vs. first) (vs. last) Attributes of adj gray Familiarity of adj gray gray used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 6) Grep of adj gray ash-gray charcoal-gray gray gray-haired gray-headed grayed grayish iron-gray oxford-gray slate-gray stone-gray Overview of noun gray The noun gray has 7 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (6) gray, grayness, grey, greyness -- (a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black) 2. (3) gray, grey -- (gray clothing; "he was dressed in gray") 3. (1) gray, grey -- (any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are gray; "the Confederate army was a vast gray") 4. (1) gray -- (horse of a light grey or whitish color) 5. Gray, Thomas Gray -- (English poet best known for his elegy written in a country church-yard (1716-1771)) 6. Gray, Robert Gray -- (American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806)) 7. Gray, Asa Gray -- (United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888)) Overview of verb gray The verb gray has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. gray, grey -- (make gray) 2. gray, grey -- (turn gray; "Her hair began to gray") Overview of adj gray The adj gray has 6 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (39) gray, grey, grayish, greyish -- (an achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white; "gray flannel suit"; "hair just turning gray") 2. (6) gray, grey, gray-haired, grey-haired, gray-headed, grey-headed, hoar, hoary, white-haired -- (showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head") 3. (4) dull, gray, grey, leaden -- (darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "a gray rainy afternoon"; "gray clouds"; "the sky was leaden and thick") 4. (3) gray, grey -- (used to signify the Confederate forces in the Civil War (who wore gray uniforms); "a stalwart gray figure") 5. gray -- (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. gray, grey -- (intermediate in character or position; "a gray area between clearly legal and strictly illegal")
gray definition