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GrayAdjective1. An achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white; "gray flannel suit"; "hair just turning gray". 2. Showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head". 3. Darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "a gray rainy afternoon"; "gray clouds"; "the sky was leaden and thick". 4. Used to signify the Confederate forces in the Civil War (who wore gray uniforms); "a stalwart gray figure". 5. Clothed in gray or a gray costume; "Gray Ladies are volunteer workers in the American Red Cross"; "the Gray Friars are Franciscan friars who traditionally wear gray habits". 6. Intermediate in character or position; "a gray area between clearly legal and strictly illegal". Noun1. A neutral achromatic color midway between white and black. 2. Gray clothing; "he was dressed in gray". 3. Any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are gray; "the Confederate army was a vast gray". 4. Horse of a light grey or whitish color. 5. English poet best known for his elegy written in a country church-yard (1716-1771). 6. American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806). 7. United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888). Verb1. Make gray. 2. Turn gray; "Her hair began to gray". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "gray" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
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Computing | Gray A parser generator written in Forth by Martin Anton Ertl . Gray takes grammars in an extended BNF and produces executable Forth code for recursive descent parsers. There is no special support for error handling. Version 3 runs under Tile Forth Release 2 by Mikael Patel. (1992-05-22). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Biographical Satire | GRAY, the man who wrote a clever cemetery poem, the first line of which is remembered by everybody. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914. |
Energy | The international system (SI) unit of absorbed dose. One gray is equal to an absorbed dose of 1 Joule/kilogram (one gray equals 100 rads) (see 20.1004). (Gy). (references) |
Literature | Gray The authoress of Auld Robin Gray was Lady Anne Lindsay, afterwards Lady Barnard (1750-1825). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Public Administration | In radioactivity, the unit of absorbed dose, corresponding to the energy absorption of 1 joule per kg of tissue; it is equal to 100 rads, the old unit that it has replaced. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Gray (spelled grey in Commonwealth English) is a colour seen commonly in nature. It is created by mixing white and black in different proportions. Depending on the amount of light, the human eye can interpret the same object as either gray or some other colour.
Usage, symbolism and colloquial expressions
Other meanings:
- 'Gray life', meaning mere existence without much sense or goal.
- Gray was used as the colour of the uniforms of Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War, as opposed to the blue uniforms of Union soldiers.
- In a moral sense gray is either used
- pejoratively to describe situations that have no clear moral value, or
- positively to balance an all-black or all-white view (i.e. shades of gray = magnitudes of good/bad)
- Gray is associated with autumn, bad weather, and sadness.
- The hair becomes gray as one ages, and hence gray is associated with senior citizens, as inspired the name of the Gray Panthers.
- The substance that composes the brain is referred to as 'gray matter', and for that reason the color is associated with things intellectual.
- Gray (unit) the absorbed dose of radiation.
- Gray, France is a town in France.
- Grey District, New Zealand is a district around the town of Greymouth, New Zealand, named after the Grey River, New Zealand.
- Grey River, Newfoundland
- The Grey Range is a mountain range in Australia.
- The Grays are supposed extraterrestrial beings that are part of various conspiracy theories.
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A gray, abbreviated Gy, is the SI unit of absorbed dose of radiation. It is equal to one joule of energy absorbed per kilogram of the patient's mass. The gray is exactly one hundred times larger than the old unit, the rad.
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Gray is a city located in Jones County, Georgia. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 1,811. The city is the county seat of Jones County6.Geography
Gray is located at 33°0'31" North, 83°32'3" West (33.008620, -83.534067)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.3 km² (2.4 mi²). 6.3 km² (2.4 mi²) of it is land and 0.41% is water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 1,811 people, 666 households, and 496 families residing in the city. The population density is 288.9/km² (748.8/mi²). There are 713 housing units at an average density of 113.8/km² (294.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 57.54% White, 40.20% African American, 0.17% Native American, 0.83% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.61% from other races, and 0.66% from two or more races. 0.94% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 666 households out of which 32.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.4% are married couples living together, 22.2% have a female householder with no husband present, and 25.4% are non-families. 24.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 11.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.49 and the average family size is 2.91. In the city the population is spread out with 23.6% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 16.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 91.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 83.2 males. The median income for a household in the city is $38,000, and the median income for a family is $46,313. Males have a median income of $37,167 versus $26,563 for females. The per capita income for the city is $19,656. 17.9% of the population and 13.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 21.2% are under the age of 18 and 11.6% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Gray, Georgia."
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Gray is a city located in Audubon County, Iowa. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 82.Geography
Gray is located at 41°50'24" North, 94°58'57" West (41.840074, -94.982547)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.6 km² (1.0 mi²). 2.6 km² (1.0 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 82 people, 34 households, and 24 families residing in the city. The population density is 31.7/km² (81.9/mi²). There are 43 housing units at an average density of 16.6/km² (43.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 100.00% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 0.00% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 34 households out of which 23.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.7% are married couples living together, 8.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 26.5% are non-families. 26.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.8% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.41 and the average family size is 2.92. In the city the population is spread out with 25.6% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 18.3% from 25 to 44, 25.6% from 45 to 64, and 24.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 45 years. For every 100 females there are 95.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 79.4 males. The median income for a household in the city is $35,750, and the median income for a family is $48,750. Males have a median income of $26,875 versus $23,333 for females. The per capita income for the city is $18,190. 2.4% of the population and 0.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 0.0% are under the age of 18 and 9.1% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Gray, Iowa."
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Gray is a town located in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 4,958.Geography
Gray is located at 29°40'52" North, 90°46'53" West (29.680993, -90.781414)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 30.1 km² (11.6 mi²). 30.1 km² (11.6 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 4,958 people, 1,681 households, and 1,267 families residing in the town. The population density is 164.5/km² (425.9/mi²). There are 1,799 housing units at an average density of 59.7/km² (154.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 59.12% White, 36.55% African American, 2.26% Native American, 0.36% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.36% from other races, and 1.35% from two or more races. 1.49% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 1,681 households out of which 44.8% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.2% are married couples living together, 18.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 24.6% are non-families. 19.4% of all households are made up of individuals and 4.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.95 and the average family size is 3.39. In the town the population is spread out with 32.7% under the age of 18, 12.1% from 18 to 24, 30.3% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 5.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 29 years. For every 100 females there are 94.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 91.3 males. The median income for a household in the town is $28,517, and the median income for a family is $35,727. Males have a median income of $31,827 versus $19,792 for females. The per capita income for the town is $12,676. 23.7% of the population and 21.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 34.1% are under the age of 18 and 14.3% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Gray, Louisiana."
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Gray is a town located in Cumberland County, Maine. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 6,820.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 119.1 km² (46.0 mi²). 112.0 km² (43.3 mi²) of it is land and 7.1 km² (2.7 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 5.94% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 6,820 people, 2,637 households, and 1,890 families residing in the town. The population density is 60.9/km² (157.7/mi²). There are 3,202 housing units at an average density of 28.6/km² (74.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 97.89% White, 0.43% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.38% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 0.22% from other races, and 0.87% from two or more races. 0.59% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 2,637 households out of which 33.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.9% are married couples living together, 8.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 28.3% are non-families. 19.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 7.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.57 and the average family size is 2.98. In the town the population is spread out with 24.6% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 34.6% from 25 to 44, 24.6% from 45 to 64, and 9.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 37 years. For every 100 females there are 103.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 99.6 males. The median income for a household in the town is $50,107, and the median income for a family is $55,806. Males have a median income of $36,342 versus $26,433 for females. The per capita income for the town is $22,050. 2.6% of the population and 1.3% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 2.3% are under the age of 18 and 0.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Gray, Maine."
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Gray is a town located in Washington County, Tennessee. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,273.Geography
Gray is located at 36°25'3" North, 82°28'32" West (36.417403, -82.475637)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 4.4 km² (1.7 mi²). 4.4 km² (1.7 mi²) of it is land and 0.60% is water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 1,273 people, 553 households, and 397 families residing in the town. The population density is 292.6/km² (758.7/mi²). There are 586 housing units at an average density of 134.7/km² (349.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 98.35% White, 0.55% African American, 0.24% Native American, 0.31% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.39% from other races, and 0.16% from two or more races. 0.63% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 553 households out of which 30.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.3% are married couples living together, 12.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 28.2% are non-families. 24.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.30 and the average family size is 2.73. In the town the population is spread out with 21.6% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 31.2% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 15.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 87.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 86.5 males. The median income for a household in the town is $30,469, and the median income for a family is $40,473. Males have a median income of $28,333 versus $18,750 for females. The per capita income for the town is $22,542. 14.3% of the population and 13.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 27.0% are under the age of 18 and 12.3% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Gray, Tennessee."
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Greys are a type of intelligent extraterrestrial life that appear commonly in modern conspiracy theories, particularly UFO conspiracy theories and other UFO-related paranormal phenomena. They also appear in some science fiction.Greys are generally described as short, slender humanoids with hairless grey skin (hence the name) and large heads with enormous black eyes and small mouths. It is interesting to note that this description resembles a neotenous human, ie, a human with infant-like features. Greys made their first significant appearance in the 1977 film Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
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Thomas Gray (December 26, 1716 - July 30, 1771), English poet, classical scholar, and professor of History at Cambridge University.Thomas Gray was born in London, and lived with his mother after she left his abusive father. He was educated at Eton College, and became a Fellow first of Peterhouse and later of Pembroke College, Cambridge. While a student, he met Horace Walpole, whom he accompanied on the Grand Tour. The two are believed to have had a homosexual affair.
Gray spent most of his life as a scholar in Cambridge, and only later in his life did he begin travelling again. Although he was one of the least productive poets (his collected works published during his lifetime amount to less than 1,000 lines), he was, besides William Collins (1721 - 1759), the predominant poetic figure of the middle decades of the 18th century. In 1757, he was offered the post of Poet Laureate, which he refused. In 1768 he succeeded Lawrence Brockett as Regis Professor of History at Cambridge, a sinecure.
Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard" (1751), written in the churchyard of Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, has become a lasting contribution to the English heritage. It is still one of the most popular and most frequently quoted poems in the English language. Gray combined traditional forms and poetic diction with new topics and modes of expression and may thus be considered as a precursor of the romantic revival.
Famous Lines
From "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College":...
To each his suff'rings: all are men,
Condemn'd alike to groan,
The tender for another's pain;
Th' unfeeling for his own.
Yet ah! why should they know their fate?
Since sorrow never comes too late,
And happiness too swiftly flies.
Thought would destroy their paradise.
No more; where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.From "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard":
...
For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn,
Or busy housewife ply her evening care:
No children run to lisp their sire's return,
Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
...
External Link
- The Thomas Gray Archive, ed. by Alexander Huber
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| gr | English | Gray,grey | Chemical Industry |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: GraySynonyms: dull (adj), gray-haired (adj), gray-headed (adj), grayish (adj), grey-haired (adj), grey-headed (adj), greyish (adj), hoar (adj), hoary (adj), leaden (adj), white-haired (adj), grayness (n), greyness (n), grey (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Adversity | Go downhill, go to rack and ruin; (destruction), go to the dogs; fall, fall from one's high estate; decay, sink, decline, go down in the world; have seen better days; bring down one's gray hairs with sorrow to the grave; come to grief; be all over, be up with; bring a wasp's nest about one's ears, bring a hornet's nest about one's ears. |
Age | Noun: age; oldness; Adjective: old age, advanced age, golden years; senility, senescence; years, anility, gray hairs, climacteric, grand climacteric, declining years, decrepitude, hoary age, caducity, superannuation; second childhood, second childishness; dotage; vale of years, decline of life, "sear and yellow leaf"; threescore years and ten; green old age, ripe age; longevity; time of life. |
Adjective: aged; old; elderly, geriatric, senile; matronly, anile; in years; ripe, mellow, run to seed, declining, waning, past one's prime; gray, gray-headed; hoar, hoary; venerable, time-worn, antiquated, passe, effete, decrepit, superannuated; advanced in life, advanced in years; stricken in years; wrinkled, marked withthe crow's foot; having one foot in the grave; doting; (imbecile); like the last of pea time. | |
Authority | Phrase: the gray mare the better horse; "every inch a king". |
Clergy | Cenobite, conventual, abbot, prior, monk, friar, lay brother, beadsman, mendicant, pilgrim, palmer; canon regular, canon secular; Franciscan, Friars minor, Minorites; Observant, Capuchin, Dominican, Carmelite; Augustinian; Gilbertine; Austin Friars, Black Friars, White Friars, Gray Friars, Crossed Friars, Crutched Friars; Bonhomme, Carthusian, Benedictine, Cistercian, Trappist, Cluniac, Premonstatensian, Maturine; Templar, Hospitaler; Bernardine, Lorettine, pillarist, stylite. |
Marriage | Phrase: the gray mare the better horse; " a world-without-end bargain "; "marriages are made in Heaven "; " render me worthy of this noble wife "; si qua voles apte nubere nube pari. |
Bridesmaid, bridesman, best man; bride, bridegroom. married man, married woman, married couple; neogamist, Benedict, partner, spouse, mate, yokemate; husband, man, consort, baron; old man, good man; wife of one's bosom; helpmate, rib, better half, gray mare, old woman, old lady, good wife, goodwife. | |
Master | Lord of the ascendant; cock of the roost; gray mare; mistress. |
Pain | Haunt the memory; weigh on the heart, prey on the heart, weigh on the mind, prey on the mind, weigh on the spirits, prey on the spirits; bring one's gray hairs with sorrow to the grave; add a nail to one's coffin. |
Writing | Phrase: audacter et sincere; le style est l'homme meme; "nature's noblest gift - my gray goose quill"; scribendi recte sapere et principium et fons; "that mighty instrument of little men"; "the pen became a clarion". |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Gray |
| English words defined with "gray": African gray, American gray birch, ash gray ♦ charcoal gray ♦ Davy's gray ♦ gray birch, gray fox, Gray Friar, gray jay, Gray owl, gray poplar, gray wolf ♦ oxford gray ♦ silver gray, steel gray ♦ western gray squirrel. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "gray": Bessie Bell and Mary Gray ♦ gray body, gray code, gray goo, gray hat, Gray Man's Path, gray tender ♦ Periaqueductal Gray. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "gray": Verdigris. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Gray" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (gray), French (Gray), Portuguese (gray). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Frederick Gray! What a surprise (Moonraker; writing credit: Christopher Wood) One day, when I have a gray beard and a few marbles rollin' around upstairs, that's when they'll let me out. (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont) Tailing me in a gray Plymouth coupe, maybe (The Big Sleep; writing credit: William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, and Jules Furthman. Based on the novel by Raymond Chandler.) I'm a Spalding Gray in a Rick Dees world (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) There is no gray area (Black Rain; writing credit: Craig Bolotin; Warren Lewis) | |
Lyrics | And everything is turnin' gray (Second Chance; performing artist: 38 Special) Like Macy Gray, Roots, and D'Angelo (Request Line; performing artist: Black Eyed Peas) Living a gray flannel life (Lady Marmalade; performing artist: Christina Aguilera) Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray (Mr. Jones; performing artist: Counting Crows) Turned to gray (Time After Time; performing artist: Cyndi Lauper) | |
Tongue Twisters | Three gray geese in the green grass grazing. Gray were the geese and green was the grass. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Picture of Dorian Gray (1973) Dorian Gray (1970) The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968) Jerry Gray and the Band of Today (1950) The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) | |
Song Titles | I Try (performing artist: Macy Gray) Request Line (performing artist: Macy Gray) Still (performing artist: Macy Gray) Sweet Baby (performing artist: Macy Gray) Why Didn't You Call Me (performing artist: Macy Gray) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Position emission tomography (PET) of cerebral glucose utilization in a normal individual. This tomogram is through the upper part of the cerebral hemisphere. Note discrimination between gray matter (yellow-red color) and white matter (green-blue color) which uses less glucose. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | (5) color slides show potatoes cooked in different ways. (1) baked potato plain, (1) baked potato with butter, (1) mashed potatoes plain, (1) mashed potatoes with butter, (1) mashed potatoes with gray. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer). |
 | Much of the kidney has been replaced by gray and yellow tumor tissue. A little remaining renal cortex and pericapsular fat are visible at the bottom of this surgical specimen. Cancer. Credit: CDC. |  | Common characteristics of Anopheles crucians are long, black proboscis, the palpus is a little shorter than probiscis, and a pair of dark gray submedian longitudinal stripes on the thorax. This mosquito may be a vector for malaria. Credit: CDC. |
 | Aerial view of a gray whale - Eschrichtius robustus. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals). |  | Gray whale - Eschrichtius robustus - at Scammons Lagoon. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals). |
 | Gray whale trapped in the ice in the Bering Sea Joint American-Russian effort ultimately saved 2 out 3 trapped whales. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Without buildings and markers, it would be difficult to tell which way is up on this gray day. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Cruising through an ice field - l to r - Ted Shanahan, Stan Jeffers, Jerry Gray, and Simon Tagarook. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Chaetodon quadrimaculatus Gray. In: "The Shore Fishes of the Hawaiian Islands, with a General Account of the Fish Fauna", by David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. XXIII, for 1903. Part I. P. 574, Plate XLIX. Credit: Fisheries. |
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| "Duck gray close up" by Susan Tilley Commentary: "Duck at side of duckpond with other ducks." | "My sky is gray" by César Ovalle Commentary: "Sky from São José dos Campos, SP - Brazil." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Benjamin Franklin | Many foxes grow gray but few grow good. |
Charles Dickens | Regrets are the natural property of gray hairs. |
J. P. Senn | Let us respect gray hairs, especially our own. |
Thomas Gray | A favorite has no friend! |
| Thought would destroy their paradise. | |
| The paths of glory lead but to the grave. | |
| Commerce changes the fate and genius of nations. | |
| Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise. | |
| As to posterity, I may ask what has it ever done for us? | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
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Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | IITYWYBAD? Down at one end the cooking plates, pots of stew, potatoes, pot roast, roast beef, gray roast pork waiting to be sliced |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | The gray came in just after, and thereby prevented any ill treatment which the others might have given me. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | The various shades of the sand are singularly rich and agreeable, embracing the different iron colors, brown, gray, yellowish, and reddish |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | It is often white, ivory, or gray in color. (references) | |
Abnormal pigmentation of the skin, making it look gray or bronze. (references) | ||
These warts are usually white to gray in color, but they may be pink or purple. (references) | ||
Business | The gray market has seen significant expansion during recent times. (references) | |
Further, the gray market can keep in touch with changing technology requirements. (references) | ||
The Indian gray market is full of products from Taiwan, Korea, Malaysia, and Singapore. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Bulgaria | The national Government has on some occasions, but not systematically, stopped local governments from enforcing restrictive municipal government decisions, which appear to fall into a gray area of the law. (references) |
Economic History | Poland | Very popular are Part Two, Carly Gray, Olsen, Deni Cler, and Cubus. (references) |
China | Also, stricter customs inspection restricted entry through gray channels. (references) | |
Political Economy | HUNGARY | There are no available estimates of the losses incurred by the various industries due to either black or gray market activities. (references) |
HUNGARY | Starting in 1997, successive governments have reduced income tax rates and employer social contributions in an effort to cut inflation, spur job growth, and shrink the gray economy. (references) | |
Albania | A variety of other unreported gray and black market activities, such as unlicensed small businesses, along with the Government's inability to collect fully accurate statistics, also contributed to the underestimation of the GDP. The Government's human rights record was poor in many areas; however, there were some improvements. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | HEAD-:MONEY:, n. A capitation tax, or poll-tax. In ancient times there lived a king Whose tax-collectors could not wring From all his subjects gold enough To make the royal way less rough. For pleasure's highway, like the dames Whose premises adjoin it, claims Perpetual repairing. So The tax-collectors in a row Appeared before the throne to pray Their master to devise some way To swell the revenue. "So great," Said they, "are the demands of state A tithe of all that we collect Will scarcely meet them. Pray reflect: How, if one-tenth we must resign, Can we exist on t'other nine?" The monarch asked them in reply: "Has it occurred to you to try The advantage of economy?" "It has," the spokesman said: "we sold All of our gray garrotes of gold; With plated-ware we now compress The necks of those whom we assess. Plain iron forceps we employ To mitigate the miser's joy Who hoards, with greed that never tires, That which your Majesty requires." Deep lines of thought were seen to plow Their way across the royal brow. "Your state is desperate, no question; Pray favor me with a suggestion." "O King of Men," the spokesman said, "If you'll impose upon each head A tax, the augmented revenue We'll cheerfully divide with you." As flashes of the sun illume The parted storm-cloud's sullen gloom, The king smiled grimly. "I decree That it be so -- and, not to be In generosity outdone, Declare you, each and every one, Exempted from the operation Of this new law of capitation. But lest the people censure me Because they're bound and you are free, 'Twere well some clever scheme were laid By you this poll-tax to evade. I'll leave you now while you confer With my most trusted minister." The monarch from the throne-room walked And straightway in among them stalked A silent man, with brow concealed, Bare-armed -- his gleaming axe revealed! G.J. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Nellie Connally | The day had changed from a gray, rainy day to a beautiful bright, sunshiny day, perfect for a caravan. Before we landed, I asked John if I could ride in the car with him in Dallas. He said, certainly. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | As the Apollo astronauts flew over the moon's gray surface on Christmas Eve, they spoke to us of the beauty of earth--and in that voice so clear across the lunar distance, we heard them invoke God's blessing on its goodness. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Gray" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 95.59% of the time. "Gray" is used about 1,156 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 95.59% | 1,105 | 6,848 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 4.32% | 50 | 48,117 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.09% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,156 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "gray" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Gray | Last name | 106,000 | 69 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "gray". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Graeme | Male | English | A gray home |
| Graham | Male | English | A gray home |
| Grahame | Male | English | A gray home |
| Griselda | Female | English | Gray |
| Zelda | Female | English | Gray |
| Zelda | Female | Jewish | Gray |
| Graeme | Male | Scottish | A gray home |
| Graham | Male | Scottish | A gray home |
| Grahame | Male | Scottish | A gray home |
| Grizel | Female | Scottish | Gray |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| South Africa | Alan Gray Private Investment | USA | Gray Communications Systems Inc |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Gray, GA (city, FIPS 34512) 2. Gray, IA (city, FIPS 32565) 3. Gray, KY 4. Gray, LA (CDP, FIPS 31180) 5. Gray, ME 6. Gray, TN (CDP, FIPS 30700) |
Expressions using "gray": a Minors Gray Friars or Franciscans ♦ african gray ♦ american gray birch ♦ Asa Gray ♦ ash gray ♦ big Gray Wall ♦ bring one's gray hairs with sorrow to the grave ♦ charcoal gray ♦ Davy's gray ♦ dwarf gray willow ♦ eastern gray squirrel ♦ go gray ♦ gray alder ♦ gray antimony ♦ gray area ♦ gray birch ♦ Gray buck ♦ gray catbird ♦ Gray cobalt ♦ gray code ♦ gray comma ♦ Gray copper ♦ gray copper ore ♦ Gray County ♦ Gray Court ♦ gray crow ♦ gray duck ♦ Gray falcon ♦ gray flounder ♦ gray fox ♦ gray friar ♦ Gray Friars ♦ gray goldenrod ♦ gray goo ♦ gray haired ♦ gray hat ♦ gray hen ♦ Gray iron ♦ Gray irons ♦ gray jay ♦ gray kingbird ♦ gray lapwing ♦ gray lemming ♦ gray linnet ♦ gray manganese ore ♦ gray mare ♦ gray matter ♦ Gray mill ♦ Gray mill or millet ♦ Gray millet ♦ gray mullet ♦ gray mullets ♦ Gray nuns ♦ Gray owl ♦ gray ox ♦ gray parrot ♦ gray partridge ♦ Gray perch ♦ Gray pike ♦ gray plover ♦ Gray plum ♦ gray polypody ♦ gray poplar ♦ gray sage ♦ gray scale ♦ gray sea eagle ♦ gray shark ♦ Gray silver ♦ gray skate ♦ gray snapper ♦ Gray snipe ♦ gray sole ♦ gray substance ♦ Gray Summit ♦ gray tin ♦ gray trout ♦ gray whale ♦ Gray widgeon ♦ gray willow ♦ gray wolf ♦ great gray kangaroo ♦ great gray owl ♦ oxford gray ♦ P coeruleum having corymbs of drooping flowers usually blue Gray ♦ Payne's gray ♦ Pearl gray ♦ Periaqueductal Gray ♦ polemonium coeruleum having corymbs of drooping flowers usually blue Gray ♦ Robert Gray ♦ silver gray ♦ steel gray ♦ streaked with gray ♦ tattletale gray ♦ the gray mare the better horse ♦ Thomas Gray ♦ turn gray ♦ turning gray ♦ western gray squirrel. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "gray": gray-and-white, gray-beard, gray-black, gray-eyed, gray-flannel, gray-green, gray-haired, gray-headed, gray-leaf pine, gray-like, Gray-nicolls, gray-scale, gray-white. | |
Ending with "gray": anstruther-gray, ash-gray, ashy-gray, blue-gray, charcoal-gray, dappled-gray, dapple-gray, garner-gray, iron-gray, oxford-gray, person-gray, pinkish-gray, Silver-gray, slate-gray, steel-gray, stone stone-gray, stone-gray, wilson-gray, yellowish-gray. | |
Containing "gray": silver-gray fox. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
gray wolf | 1,958 | governor gray davis | 94 |
david gray | 1,157 | altheimer and gray | 94 |
davis gray recall | 1,111 | gray whale | 91 |
gray macy | 788 | african gray parrot | 91 |
gray davis | 615 | african gray | 88 |
dorian gray | 575 | gray fox | 82 |
tamyra gray | 379 | arabian gray | 77 |
erin gray | 290 | cat gray | 77 |
dobie gray | 287 | macy gray lyrics | 71 |
gray | 276 | dobie gray lyrics | 69 |
gray iron casting | 263 | gray squirrel | 68 |
john gray | 251 | government gray davis | 67 |
david gray lyrics | 235 | david gray tab | 66 |
gray hair | 144 | gray line | 65 |
gray iron | 131 | gray hulk | 65 |
gray line tour | 125 | bus gray hound | 64 |
gray horse | 122 | gray matter studio | 63 |
rope and gray | 116 | gray cary | 62 |
the picture of dorian gray | 112 | daniel gray | 57 |
linda gray | 103 | drift away with dobie gray | 54 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "gray"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | grys (grey). (various references) | |
Albanian | Gri (grey), Bojë Hiri (ashen, cinereous, earthlight, earthshine, grey, sand). (various references) | |
Arabic | كئيب (bleak, blue, cheerless, damp, dark, dejected, depressed, depressing, depressive, desolate, disconsolate, dismal, dispirited, distressful, distressing, doleful, dolorous, down, downcast, down-hearted, drear, dreary, droopy, dyspeptic, funeral, funereal, gloomy, glum, grey, grief-stricken, grieved, grievous, heavy-hearted, ill, joyless, leaden, lifeless, low-spirited, melancholic, melancholy, moody, mournful, out of spirits, rueful, sad, saddening, somber, sombre, spiritless, sullen, tearful, weary), اللون الرمادي (grey, grizzle), أصبح رماديا, أشيب (frosty, grey, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white), رمادي (ashen, ashy, grey, grizzly). (various references) | |
Asturian | buxu. (various references) | |
Aymara | ch'ejhe. (various references) | |
Bemba | imfwi. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Пепелив, Сив. (various references) | |
Cebuano | abo. (various references) | |
Chamorro | kulot apu. (various references) | |
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