Definitions for Grey

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Grey grey

Spelling: [grey]

IPA: /greɪ/

Grey is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 25 anagrams from letters in Grey (egry).

Definitions for Grey

noun

1. Charles, 2nd Earl, 1764–1845, British statesman: prime minister 1830–34.
2. Sir Edward (Viscount Fallodon) 1862–1933, British statesman.
3. Sir George, 1812–98, British statesman and colonial administrator: prime minister of New Zealand 1877–79.
4. Lady Jane (Lady Jane Dudley) 1537–54, descendant of Henry VII of England; executed under orders of Mary I to eliminate her as a rival for the throne.
5. Zane [zeyn] /zeɪn/ (Show IPA), 1875–1939, U.S. novelist.
6. any achromatic color; any color with zero chroma, intermediate between white and black.
7. something of this color.
8. gray material or clothing:
9. an unbleached and undyed condition.
10. (often initial capital letter) a member of the Confederate army in the American Civil War or the army itself. Compare blue (def 5).
11. a horse of a gray color.
12. a horse that appears white but is not an albino.

adjective

1. gray1 .
2. of a color between white and black; having a neutral hue.
3. dark, dismal, or gloomy:
4. dull, dreary, or monotonous.
5. having gray hair; gray-headed.
6. pertaining to old age; mature.
7. Informal. pertaining to, involving, or composed of older persons:
8. old or ancient.
9. indeterminate and intermediate in character:

verb (used with or without object)

1. to make or become gray.

Origin of Grey

before 900; Middle English; Old English grǣg; cognate with German grau

Examples for Grey

She was a widow, and had loved her husband, and her sky was still tinged with grey.

The acts grey performs on Steele are all popular among BDSM enthusiasts.

The old man was peering at him sharply from under the grey protruding brows.

We sat in rows of grey steel fold out chairs that faced a model of the compound in Abbottabad.

It will be seen that our grey skies and mean-looking dwellings have compensations.

If this was their reaction to brown and grey,” I wondered, “how would they react to the sight of pink or red?

The grey Lady said that a series of badly mishandled global crises has “fueled speculation that Mr. Obama may shake up his team.”

It was shaded by dark chestnut hair, just silvered with grey.

Lacey Noonan's A Gronking to Remember makes 50 Shades of grey look like Madame Bovary in terms of its literary sophistication.

For half an hour I stood there in the grey November rain surrounded by a jeering mob.