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Grey is an alternate spelling for the word gray, which is a color derived from mixing white and black. The word has also come to stand in for other mixtures as well. A person in a grey mood feels gloomy.

If you are commanding a military force and you’re not sure whether you should attack a crowd that is half enemy fighters and half innocent citizens, you could say the decision falls in a grey zone. Grey can be a verb too. When you get old, your hair will grey if you don’t go bald first.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: grey

1
 adjnv
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
make grey
2
 adj
showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
3
 nadj
horse of a light gray or whitish color
used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)
4
 adj
intermediate in character or position
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: grey
1

adj of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black

“the little grey cells”
Synonyms:
gray, grayish, greyish
achromatic, neutral
having no hue

n a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black

Synonyms:
gray, grayness, greyness
Types:
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ash gray, ash grey, silver, silver gray, silver grey
a light shade of grey
charcoal, charcoal gray, charcoal grey, oxford gray, oxford grey
a very dark grey color
dapple-gray, dapple-grey, dappled-gray, dappled-grey
grey with a mottled pattern of darker grey markings
iron-gray, iron-grey
the color of freshly broken cast iron
tattletale gray, tattletale grey
a greyish white
Davy's gray, Davy's grey, iron blue, steel gray, steel grey
slightly purplish or bluish dark grey
Type of:
achromatic color, achromatic colour
a color lacking hue; white or grey or black

v make grey

“The painter decided to grey the sky”
Synonyms:
gray
Type of:
color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize
add color to

v turn grey

“Her hair began to grey”
Synonyms:
gray
Type of:
color, colour, discolor, discolour
change color, often in an undesired manner
2

adj showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair

Synonyms:
gray, gray-haired, gray-headed, grey-haired, grey-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired
old
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
3

n horse of a light gray or whitish color

Synonyms:
gray
Type of:
mount, riding horse, saddle horse
a lightweight horse kept for riding only

n clothing that is a grey color

“he was dressed in grey”
Synonyms:
gray
Type of:
article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, vesture, wear, wearable
a covering designed to be worn on a person's body

n any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey

“the Confederate army was a vast grey”
Synonyms:
gray
Types:
Army of the Confederacy, Confederate Army
the southern army during the American Civil War
Type of:
organisation, organization
a group of people who work together

adj used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)

“a stalwart grey figure”
Synonyms:
gray
southern
in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
4

adj intermediate in character or position

“a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal”
Synonyms:
gray
intermediate
lying between two extremes in time or space or state
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