gray

gray1 [ greı ] adjective ***

▸ 1 between black and white

▸ 2 when hair goes whiter

▸ 3 when face looks pale

▸ 4 with a lot of cloud

▸ 5 boring

▸ 6 without a clear meaning

▸ 7 related to old people

1. ) between black and white in color. If something is similar to this color, you can say that it is a grayish color:

He wore a dark gray suit.

The water was a grayish-green.

2. ) if someone goes or turns gray, their hair starts to become white:

She seems to have gone gray very quickly.

3. ) if someone's face is gray, they look pale because they are sick or shocked:

gray with: His face was gray with pain.

4. ) used for describing the weather or the light when it is not very bright because there is a lot of cloud:

a gray day in February

The rain stopped and the gray skies began to clear.

5. ) boring:

the drab gray tedium of his life

6. ) not clearly one thing or another or clearly right or wrong, and therefore not easy to deal with:

a gray area in environmental regulations

7. ) only before noun used for describing issues that relate to or affect old people:

the gray vote

╾ gray|ness noun uncount

gray

gray 2 [ greı ] noun *

1. ) count or uncount a color that is between black and white

2. ) count an animal that is gray in color, especially a horse or cat

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gray 3 [ greı ] verb intransitive

1. ) to become gray in color:

a graying sky

2. ) if a person or their hair is graying, their hair is becoming white