Gray
nnoun.attributea neutral achromatic color midway between white and blackSynset:grayness grey greyness
Derivationally Related Form:greygray
Hypernyms:achromatic color achromatic colour
Inherited Hypernyms:grayachromatic colorcolorvisual propertypropertyattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:Davy's grayDavy's greyash grayash greycharcoalcharcoal graycharcoal greydapple-graydapple-greydappled-graydappled-greyiron-grayiron-greyiron blueoxford grayoxford greysilversilver graysilver greysteel graysteel greytattletale graytattletale grey
Full Hyponyms:ash greycharcoaldapple-greyiron-greyiron bluetattletale grey
nnoun.artifactclothing that is a grey colorSynset:grey
Hypernyms:article of clothing clothing habiliment vesture wear wearable
Inherited Hypernyms:greyclothingconsumer goodscommodityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:greyclothingcoveringartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.groupany organization or party whose uniforms or badges are greySynset:grey
Examples:- the Confederate army was a vast grey
Hypernyms:organisation organization
Inherited Hypernyms:greyorganizationsocial groupgroupabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:Army of the ConfederacyConfederate Army
Full Hyponyms:confederate army
nnoun.animalhorse of a light gray or whitish colorSynset:grey
Hypernyms:mount riding horse saddle horse
Inherited Hypernyms:greysaddle horsehorseequineodd-toed ungulateungulateplacentalmammalvertebratechordateanimalorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.quantitythe SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 radSynset:Gy
Hypernyms:radioactivity unit
Inherited Hypernyms:grayradioactivity unitelectromagnetic unitunit of measurementdefinite quantitymeasureabstractionentity
nnoun.personEnglish radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965)Synset:Gray Louis Harold Gray
Hypernyms:radiobiologist
Inherited Hypernyms:grayradiobiologistbiologistscientistpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:grayradiobiologistbiologistscientistpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.personEnglish poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771)Synset:Gray Thomas Gray
Instance Hypernyms:poet
Inherited Hypernyms:graypoetwritercommunicatorpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:graypoetwritercommunicatorpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.personAmerican navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806)Synset:Gray Robert Gray
Instance Hypernyms:navigator
Inherited Hypernyms:graynavigatorexplorerpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:graynavigatorexplorerpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.personUnited States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888)Synset:Asa Gray Gray
Instance Hypernyms:botanist phytologist plant scientist
Inherited Hypernyms:graybotanistbiologistscientistpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:graybotanistbiologistscientistpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
vverb.changemake greySynset:grey
Examples:- The painter decided to grey the sky
Derivationally Related Form:greygray
Hypernyms:color color in colorise colorize colour colour in colourise colourize
Inherited Hypernyms:greycolorchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changeturn greySynset:grey
Derivationally Related Form:greygray
Hypernyms:color colour discolor discolour
Inherited Hypernyms:greydiscolorchange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
adj satadj.allof an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and blackSynset:grayish grey greyish
Examples:- the little grey cells
- gray flannel suit
- a man with greyish hair
Antonyms:chromatic
Derivationally Related Form:graynessgreynessgray
Inherited Hypernyms:grey
Similar to:achromatic neutral
adj satadj.allshowing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hairSynset:gray-haired gray-headed grey grey-haired grey-headed grizzly hoar hoary white-haired
Examples:- whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge
- nodded his hoary head
Antonyms:young
Derivationally Related Form:hoarinessgrizzle
Inherited Hypernyms:grey
Similar to:old
adj satadj.allused to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)Synset:grey
Antonyms:northern
Inherited Hypernyms:grey
Similar to:southern
adj satadj.allintermediate in character or positionSynset:grey
Examples:- a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal
Antonyms:terminal
Inherited Hypernyms:grey
Similar to:intermediate