gray

IPA: grˈeɪ

noun

  • An achromatic colour intermediate between black and white.
  • An animal or thing of grey colour, such as a horse, badger, or salmon.
  • A gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus.
  • (chiefly US, ufology) an extraterrestrial humanoid with grayish skin, bulbous black eyes, and an enlarged head.
  • (US, two-up) A penny with a tail on both sides, used for cheating.
  • In the International System of Units, the derived unit of absorbed dose of radiation (radiation absorbed by a patient); one joule of energy absorbed per kilogram of the patient's mass. Symbol: Gy
  • A surname transferred from the nickname; originally a nickname for someone with a gray beard or hair.
  • A male given name.
  • A number of places in the United States:
  • A city, the county seat of Jones County, Georgia.
  • A minor city in Audubon County, Iowa.
  • An unincorporated community in Knox County, Kentucky.
  • A census-designated place in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana.
  • A town and census-designated place therein, in Cumberland County, Maine.
  • A census-designated place in Washington County, Tennessee.
  • A rural locality in north-east Tasmania, Australia.

verb

  • To become gray.
  • To cause to become gray.
  • (demography, slang) To turn progressively older, alluding to graying of hair through aging (used in context of the population of a geographic region)
  • (transitive, photography) To give a soft effect to (a photograph) by covering the negative while printing with a ground-glass plate.

adjective

  • Having a color somewhere between white and black, as the ash of an ember.
  • Dreary, gloomy.
  • Having an indistinct, disputed or uncertain quality.
  • Gray-haired.
  • Old.
  • Relating to older people.
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