grey Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)
   Zane Grey.
   
2. noun Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554)
   Lady Jane Grey.
   
3. noun Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845)
   Charles Grey; Second Earl Grey.
   
4. noun any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey
   gray.
   
   • the Confederate army was a vast grey
5. noun a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
   grayness; gray; greyness.
   
6. noun clothing that is a grey color
   gray.
   
   • he was dressed in grey
7. noun horse of a light gray or whitish color
   gray.
   
8. verb make grey
   gray.
   
   • The painter decided to grey the sky
9. verb turn grey
   gray.
   
   • Her hair began to grey
10. adjective satellite of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
    greyish; gray; grayish.
    
    • the little grey cells
    • gray flannel suit
    • a man with greyish hair
11. adjective satellite showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
    gray-headed; gray; grey-haired; grey-headed; hoary; grizzly; white-haired; hoar; gray-haired.
    
    • whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge
    • nodded his hoary head
12. adjective satellite used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)
    gray.
    
    • a stalwart grey figure
13. adjective satellite intermediate in character or position
    gray.
    
    • a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal

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