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grayer definition
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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 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")
grayer definition
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