gray : Idioms & Phrases

• noun commonly domesticated grey parrot with red-and-black tail and white face; native to equatorial Africa
  Psittacus erithacus; African grey.
  

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• noun medium-sized birch of eastern North America having white or pale grey bark and valueless wood; occurs often as a second-growth forest tree
  American grey birch; grey birch; American gray birch; Betula populifolia.
  

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• noun United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888)
  Gray.
  

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• noun a light shade of grey
  ash grey; silver grey; silver; ash gray.
  

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• adjective satellite of a light grey
  ash-grey; ashy.
  

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• adjective satellite of dark grey
  black-gray; blackish-grey; black-grey.
  

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• adjective satellite of dark grey
  black-gray; blackish-grey; black-grey.
  

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• adjective satellite of grey tinged with blue
  blue-gray; bluish-grey; blue-grey.
  

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• adjective satellite of grey tinged with blue
  blue-gray; bluish-grey; blue-grey.
  

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• adjective satellite of grey tinged with brown
  brownish-grey; brown-gray; brown-grey.
  

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• adjective satellite of grey tinged with brown
  brownish-grey; brown-gray; brown-grey.
  

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• noun a very dark grey color
  charcoal grey; charcoal; oxford grey; charcoal gray.
  

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• adjective satellite of a very dark grey
  charcoal; charcoal-grey.
  

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• noun grey with a mottled pattern of darker grey markings
  dapple-gray; dappled-grey; dapple-grey.
  

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• noun grey with a mottled pattern of darker grey markings
  dapple-gray; dappled-grey; dapple-grey.
  

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• adjective satellite of a dark shade of grey
  oxford-grey; dark-gray; dark-grey.
  

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• noun slightly purplish or bluish dark grey
  Davy's grey; steel grey; iron blue; Davy's gray.
  

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• noun willow shrub of dry places in the eastern United States having long narrow leaves canescent beneath
  sage willow; dwarf grey willow; Salix tristis.
  

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• noun common medium-large squirrel of eastern North America; now introduced into England
  cat squirrel; eastern grey squirrel; Sciurus carolinensis.
  

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• noun native to Europe but introduced in America
  Alnus incana; grey alder.
  

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• (Min.), stibnite.

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• noun an intermediate area; a topic that is not clearly one thing or the other
  grey area.
  

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• noun medium-sized birch of eastern North America having white or pale grey bark and valueless wood; occurs often as a second-growth forest tree
  American grey birch; grey birch; American gray birch; Betula populifolia.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the chickara.

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• noun North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing
  catbird; Dumetella carolinensis; grey catbird.
  

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• (Min.), smaltite.

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• (Min.), tetrahedrite.

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• (Zoöl.), the gadwall; also applied to the female mallard.

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• (Zoöl.) the peregrine falcon.

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• noun flounder found from North Carolina to Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexico
  grey flounder; Etropus rimosus.
  

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• noun dark grey American fox; from Central America through southern United States
  grey fox; Urocyon cinereoargenteus.
  

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• . See Franciscan, and Friar.

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• noun a dyer's weed of Canada and the eastern United States having yellow flowers sometimes used in dyeing
  grey goldenrod; Solidago nemoralis.
  

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• noun female black grouse
  grayhen; heath hen; greyhen; grey hen.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the female of the blackcock or black grouse. See Heath grouse.

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• noun a jay of northern North America with black-capped head and no crest; noted for boldness in thievery
  Perisoreus canadensis; Canada jay; grey jay; whisker jack; camp robber.
  

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• noun a kingbird that breeds in the southeastern United States and winters in tropical America; similar to but larger than the eastern kingbird
  petchary; grey kingbird; Tyrannus domenicensis domenicensis.
  

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• noun Old World lemming
  grey lemming; red-backed lemming.
  

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• noun an unofficial market in which goods are bought and sold at prices lower than the official price set by a regulatory agency
  grey market.
  

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• noun greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers; forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons
  grey matter; grey substance; substantia grisea; gray matter.
  

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• (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus Lithospermum; gromwell.

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• noun highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet
  grey mullet; mullet.
  
• noun freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body; found worldwide
  grey mullet; mullet.
  

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• (Zoöl.) any one of the numerous species of the genus Mugil, or family Mugilid&ae;, found both in the Old World and America; as the European species (M. capito, and M. auratus), the American striped mullet (M. albula), and the white or silver mullet (M. Braziliensis). See Mullet.

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• (Zoöl.), the European tawny or brown owl (Syrnium aluco). The great gray owl (Ulula cinerea) inhabits arctic America.

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• (Zoöl.), a parrot (Psittacus erithacus), very commonly domesticated, and noted for its aptness in learning to talk.

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• noun common European partridge
  Hungarian partridge; grey partridge; Perdix perdix.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See Sauger.

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• noun fern growing on rocks or tree trunks and having fronds greyish and scurfy below; Americas and South Africa
  grey polypody; resurrection fern; Polypodium polypodioides.
  

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• noun large rapidly growing poplar with faintly lobed dentate leaves grey on the lower surface; native to Europe but introduced and naturalized elsewhere
  grey poplar; Populus canescens.
  

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• noun low much-branched perennial of western United States having silvery leaves; an important browse and shelter plant
  silver sage; silver sagebrush; Seriphidium canum; grey sage; Artemisia cana.
  

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• noun bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of Europe and Greenland
  erne; grey sea eagle; Haliatus albicilla; European sea eagle; ern; white-tailed sea eagle.
  

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• noun common European skate used as food
  grey skate; Raja batis.
  

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• noun found in shallow waters off the coast of Florida
  grey snapper; Lutjanus griseus; mangrove snapper.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer. See Snapper.

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• (Zoöl.), the dowitcher in winter plumage.

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• noun greyish-white flesh of a flatfish
  grey sole.
  

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• noun greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers; forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons
  grey matter; grey substance; substantia grisea; gray matter.
  

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• noun medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific
  grey whale; Eschrichtius robustus; Eschrichtius gibbosus; devilfish.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a rather large and swift California whale (Rhachianectes glaucus), formerly taken in large numbers in the bays; called also grayback, devilfish, and hardhead.

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• noun Eurasian shrubby willow with whitish tomentose twigs
  grey willow; Salix cinerea.
  

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• noun a wolf with a brindled grey coat living in forested northern regions of North America
  Canis lupus; grey wolf; timber wolf.
  

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• adjective satellite of black tinged with grey
  grayish-black; greyish-black; grey-black.
  

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• adjective satellite of blue tinged with grey
  greyish-blue; grayish-blue; grey-blue.
  

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• adjective satellite of brown tinged with grey
  grey-brown; greyish-brown; grayish-brown.
  

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• adjective satellite of green tinged with grey
  grayish-green; greyish-green; grey-green.
  

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• adjective satellite showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
  gray; grey-haired; grey-headed; hoary; grizzly; grey; white-haired; hoar; gray-haired.
  
  • whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge
  • nodded his hoary head

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• adjective satellite showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
  gray; grey-haired; grey-headed; hoary; grizzly; grey; white-haired; hoar; gray-haired.
  
  • whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge
  • nodded his hoary head

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• adjective satellite of pink tinged with grey
  greyish-pink; grey-pink; grayish-pink.
  

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• adjective satellite of white tinged with grey
  greyish-white; grayish-white; grey-white.
  

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• noun large dish-faced owl of northern North America and western Eurasia
  Strix nebulosa; great grey owl.
  

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• adjective satellite of grey tinged with green
  greenish-grey.
  

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• noun the color of freshly broken cast iron
  iron-grey.
  
• adjective satellite of the grey color of iron
  iron-grey.
  

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I"ron-gray` adjective

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1. Of a gray color, somewhat resembling that of iron freshly broken. -- n. An iron-gray color; also, a horse of this color.

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• noun English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965)
  Gray.
  

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• adjective satellite of grey tinged with olive
  olive-grey.
  

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• noun a very dark grey color
  charcoal grey; charcoal; oxford grey; charcoal gray.
  

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• adjective satellite of a dark shade of grey
  oxford-grey; dark-gray; dark-grey.
  

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• noun any pigment that produces a greyish to dark greyish blue
  Payne's grey.
  

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• adjective satellite of a grey with a pearly tinge
  pearl grey.
  

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• a very pale and delicate blue-gray color.

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• adjective satellite of grey tinged with red
  red-grey; reddish-grey; red-gray.
  

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• adjective satellite of grey tinged with red
  red-grey; reddish-grey; red-gray.
  

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• noun American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806)
  Gray.
  

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• noun a light shade of grey
  ash grey; silver grey; silver; ash gray.
  

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• adjective satellite of grey resembling silver
  silver-gray; silvery-grey; silver-grey.
  

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Sil"ver-gray` adjective

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1. Having a gray color with a silvery luster; as, silver-gray hair.

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• adjective satellite of grey resembling silver
  silver-gray; silvery-grey; silver-grey.
  

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• adjective satellite of the color of slate or granite
  slate-grey; slaty-gray; slate-gray; slatey; slaty; slaty-grey; stone-grey.
  
  • the slaty sky of dawn

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Slate"-gray` adjective

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1. Of a dark gray, like slate.

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• adjective satellite of the color of slate or granite
  slate-grey; slaty-gray; slate-gray; slatey; slaty; slaty-grey; stone-grey.
  
  • the slaty sky of dawn

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• noun slightly purplish or bluish dark grey
  Davy's grey; steel grey; iron blue; Davy's gray.
  

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• adjective satellite of the color of slate or granite
  slate-grey; slaty-gray; slate-gray; slatey; slaty; slaty-grey; stone-grey.
  
  • the slaty sky of dawn

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• noun a greyish white
  tattletale grey.
  

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• noun English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771)
  Gray.
  

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• noun large grey squirrel of far western areas of United States
  Sciurus griseus; western grey squirrel.
  

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• adjective satellite of grey tinged with yellow
  yellow-grey; yellowish-grey; yellow-gray.
  

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• adjective satellite of grey tinged with yellow
  yellow-grey; yellowish-grey; yellow-gray.
  

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