grey meaning and definition

GREY noun

Definition of Grey (noun)

1. United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)
   • synonyms: Zane Grey
2. Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554)
   • synonyms: Lady Jane Grey
3. Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845)
   • synonyms: Charles Grey, Second Earl Grey
4. any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey
   • "the Confederate army was a vast grey"
   • synonyms: gray
5. a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
   • synonyms: gray, grayness, greyness
6. clothing that is a grey color
   • "he was dressed in grey"
   • synonyms: gray
7. horse of a light gray or whitish color
   • synonyms: gray

GREY verb

Definition of grey (verb)

1. make grey
   • "The painter decided to grey the sky"
   • synonyms: gray
2. turn grey
   • "Her hair began to grey"
   • synonyms: gray

GREY adjective

Definition of grey (adjective)

1. of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
   • "the little grey cells"; "gray flannel suit"; "a man with greyish hair"
   • synonyms: gray, grayish, greyish
2. showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
   • "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head"
   • synonyms: gray, gray-haired, gray-headed, grey-haired, grey-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired
3. used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)
   • "a stalwart grey figure"
   • synonyms: gray
4. intermediate in character or position
   • "a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal"
   • synonyms: gray