noun
- United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939.
- synonyms: Zane Grey
- Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554.
- synonyms: Lady Jane Grey
- Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845.
- synonyms: Charles Grey, Second Earl Grey
- Any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey.
- usage: "the Confederate army was a vast grey"
- synonyms: gray
- A neutral achromatic color midway between white and black.
- Clothing that is a grey color.
- usage: "he was dressed in grey"
- synonyms: gray
- Horse of a light gray or whitish color.
- synonyms: gray
verb
- Make grey.
- usage: "The painter decided to grey the sky"
- synonyms: gray
- Turn grey.
- usage: "Her hair began to grey"
- synonyms: gray
adjective
- Of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black.
- usage: "the little grey cells"; "gray flannel suit"; "a man with greyish hair"
- Showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair.
- usage: "whose beard with age is hoar-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head"
- synonyms: gray, grey-haired, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired
- Used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms. )
- usage: "a stalwart grey figure"
- synonyms: gray
- Intermediate in character or position.
- usage: "a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal"
- synonyms: gray
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