[ noun ]
■ horse of a light gray or whitish color
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gray
[ noun ]
■ clothing that is a grey color
e.g.)
・he was dressed in grey
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gray
[ noun ]
■ a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
→
gray
,
grayness
,
greyness
[ noun ]
■ any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey
e.g.)
・the Confederate army was a vast grey
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gray
[ noun ]
■ Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845)
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charles grey
,
second earl grey
[ noun ]
■ Queen of England for nine days in 1553
■ she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554)
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lady jane grey
[ noun ]
■ United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)
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zane grey
[ verb ]
■ turn grey
e.g.)
・Her hair began to grey
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gray
[ verb ]
■ make grey
e.g.)
・The painter decided to grey the sky
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gray
[ adjective satellite ]
■ of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
e.g.)
・the little grey cells
・a man with greyish hair
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gray
,
grayish
,
greyish
[ adjective satellite ]
■ intermediate in character or position
e.g.)
・a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal
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gray
[ adjective satellite ]
■ used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)
e.g.)
・a stalwart grey figure
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gray
[ adjective satellite ]
■ showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
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gray
,
gray-haired
,
gray-headed
,
grey-haired
,
grey-headed
,
grizzly
,
hoar
,
hoary
,
white-haired
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