grey

UK /ɡɹeɪ/ US /ɡɹeɪ/
name 5adj 2noun 2verb 1

Definitions

adj

1

Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.

These grey and dun colors may be also produced by mixing whites and blacks.

This is itself a cheerless spot, particularly on a rainy day, when, overshadowed by the great massif of rock that towers in the background, and surrounded by the grey and cheerless quarries, it has a depressing character much in contrast with the green verdure encountered on the northern end of this interesting branch line.

2

Synonym of coloured (pertaining to the mixed race of black and white).

verb

1

Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.

Now only a few hand-hewn cedar planks and roof beams remained, moss-grown and sagging—a few totem poles, greyed and split.

noun

1

Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.

Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, / That costs thy life, my gallant grey.

Pioneer seemed now to have the game in his own hands; but the Captain, by taking two desperate leaps, cut off a corner, by which he regained the ground he had lost by the fall, and was up with the grey the remainder of the chase.

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