单词	graying
释义	graying adjective gray·​ing ˈgrā-iŋ  variants or less commonly greying 1 : becoming gray or dull in color His … hat thumbed back to show a wide brow and a bristle of graying hair. Helen MacInnes Other objects had been mounted according to kind on graying scraps of plywood, which leaned about the room—against bookshelves, in corners—like canvases about a painter's studio. Donovan Hohn 2 : having hair that is becoming gray : becoming older Through heavy promotion and advertising directed at a graying population, the nutritious elixir has become a blockbuster seller … Michael J. McCarthy As I wait to pay the cashier, secure in her glass booth, I glance back over the starkly lit room, the graying waiters, the regulars hunched over stacks of hotcakes. Javier Cabral Word History First Known Use 1796, in the meaning defined at sense 1 graying verb variants also greying present participle of gray as in aging Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance aging evolving getting along getting on blossoming flowering blooming mellowing softening advancing flourishing burgeoning growing maturing opening bourgeoning ageing unfolding ripening progressing growing up developing Antonyms & Near Antonyms decaying declining deteriorating degenerating fading worsening drying drooping sagging sinking waning weakening withering flagging shriveling wasting (away) wilting reverting shrivelling returning regressing lapsing retrogressing backsliding See More
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