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New English :: grey
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grey - (Environment) see ungreen |
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Traditional English :: grey
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grey - adj., n., & v. (US gray) --adj. 1 of a colour intermediate between black and white, as of ashes or lead.
2 a (of the weather etc.) dull, dismal; heavily overcast. b bleak, depressing; (of a person) depressed.
3 a (of hair) turning white with age etc. b (of a person) having grey hair.
4 anonymous, nondescript, unidentifiable. --n. 1 a a grey colour or pigment. b grey clothes or material (dressed in grey).
2 a cold sunless light.
3 a grey or white horse. --v.tr. & intr. make or become grey. grey area 1 a situation or topic sharing features of more than one category and not clearly attributable to any one category.
2 S.Afr. an area where Black and Coloured people live (usu. illicitly) alongside White.
3 Brit. an area in economic decline. grey eminence = MINENCE GRISE. Grey Friar a Franciscan friar. grey goose = GREYLAG. grey-hen the female of the black grouse (cf. BLACKCOCK). grey matter 1 the darker tissues of the brain and spinal cord consisting of nerve-cell bodies and branching dendrites.
2 colloq. intelligence. grey squirrel an American squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, brought to Europe in the 19th c. greyish adj. greyly adv. greyness n. [OE gróg f. Gmc] |
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Related Words
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erin
flannel
congo
african
greyline
bus
david
lyric
jenifer
phoenix
jean
hair
earl
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Most Often Usage
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erin grey
grey flannel
congo african grey
greyline bus
david grey lyric
jenifer grey
phoenix jean grey
grey hair
earl grey
jean grey
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