grey

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Noun
1. any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are gray; "the Confederate army was a vast gray"
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2. a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
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3. gray clothing; "he was dressed in gray"
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Verb
1. make gray; "The painter decided to grey the sky"
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2. turn gray; "Her hair began to gray"
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Adjective
1. an achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white; "gray flannel suit"; "hair just turning gray"
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2. showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head"
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3. used to signify the Confederate forces in the Civil War (who wore gray uniforms); "a stalwart gray figure"
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4. intermediate in character or position; "a gray area between clearly legal and strictly illegal"
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5. darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "a gray rainy afternoon"; "gray clouds"; "the sky was leaden and thick"
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