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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Examples of "gray" in Sentences
- The school colors are maroon and gray.
- The cat in the picture is gray and white.
- The hairs impart a dusty gray color to the plant.
- The plumage on the chest is also spotty red and gray.
- The cygnet is a patchy color, with brown and gray hues.
- Grays are the achromatic colors between black and white.
- The color of the body of the animal in this species is pale gray.
- The mascot is the bulldog and the school colors are maroon and gray.
- This gray color template includes both achromatic and chromatic grays.
- The upperparts are patterned black and gray and the underparts are white.
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