gray
adjective
/ɡreɪ/
Word Forms
| adjective | gray |
| comparative | grayer |
| superlative | grayest |
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- 1between 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.
Synonyms and related wordsWords used to describe specific colorsalabasteramberamethyst - 2if someone goes or turns gray, their hair starts to become white
She seems to have gone gray very quickly.
Synonyms and related wordsHair colora platinum blondeauburnblond - 3if someone’s face is gray, they look pale because they are sick or shockedgray with:
His face was gray with pain.
Synonyms and related wordsLooking unhealthy or illwan(as) white as a sheetgreenSynonyms and related wordsWords used to describe skin colora high coloralbino(as) white as a sheet - 4used 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.
Synonyms and related wordsMoisture in the air, clouds and cloudy weatherbankbillowcirrocumulus - 5boring
the drab gray tedium of his life
Synonyms and related wordsNot interesting or excitingboringdulltedious - 6not clearly one thing or another or clearly right or wrong, and therefore not easy to deal with
a gray area in environmental regulations
Synonyms and related wordsDifficult or impossible to deal withdifficultimpossibletrying - 7only before nounused for describing issues that relate to or affect old people
the gray vote
Synonyms and related wordsOld (of people)oldelderlysenior
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gray
noun
/ɡreɪ/
Word Forms
| singular | gray |
| plural | grays |
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- 1countable/uncountable a color that is between black and whiteSynonyms and related wordsColorsapricotaquaaquamarine
- 2countable an animal that is gray in color, especially a horse or catSynonyms and related wordsGeneral animal typesadultamphibiananimal
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gray
/ɡreɪ/
the American spelling of grey
Synonyms and related words
Colours
apricot
aqua
aquamarine
Synonyms and related words
Words used to describe specific colours
alabaster
amber
amethyst
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gray
verb intransitive
/ɡreɪ/
Word Forms
| present tense | |
| I/you/we/they | gray |
| he/she/it | grays |
| present participle | graying |
| past tense | grayed |
| past participle | grayed |
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- 1to become gray in color
a graying sky
Synonyms and related wordsTo become a different colorblackenbleachbleed - 2if a person or their hair is graying, their hair is becoming whiteSynonyms and related wordsWhat hair can doflowgraygrow out
phrasal verbs
gray out