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Definition of 'gray'English
Alternative forms
* grey (used in the UK and the Commonwealth and also in the US)
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ).
Adjective
( er) ( spelled "grey" in the UK and the Commonwealth)
(label) Having a color somewhere between white and black, as the ash of an ember.
* Isaac Newton
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(label) Dreary, gloomy.
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(label) Having an indistinct, disputed or uncertain quality.
(label) Relating to older people.
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* Ames
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Usage notes
A mnemonic for remembering which spelling is used where: gre'''y'' is the '''E'''nglish spelling, while ''gr'''a'''y'' is the '''A merican spelling. However, ''grey is also found in American English.
Derived terms
{{der3|battleship gray
|gray area
|graybeard
|gray-haired
|grayhound
|grayness
|gray ghost
|gray matter}}
Verb
( en-verb) ( spelled "grey" in the UK and the Commonwealth)
(label) To become gray.
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(label) To cause to become gray.
To turn progressively older, in the context of the population of a geographic region.
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Noun
( en-noun) ( spelled "grey" in the UK and the Commonwealth)
(label) An achromatic colour intermediate between black and white.
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an extraterrestrial creature with grayish skin, bulbous black eyes, and an enlarged head.
A penny with a tail on both sides, used for cheating.[Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language , second edition, 1966, chapter XI section 3, page 243]
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References
Etymology 2
Named after (Louis Harold Gray).
Noun
( en-noun)
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of absorbed dose of radiation (radiation absorbed by a patient); one joule of energy absorbed per kilogram of the patient's mass. Symbol: Gy
Derived terms
* kilogray
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