Grey

Definition: Grey

Grey

Adjective

1. 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. Used to signify the Confederate forces in the Civil War (who wore gray uniforms); "a stalwart gray figure".

4. Intermediate in character or position; "a gray area between clearly legal and strictly illegal".

5. Darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "a gray rainy afternoon"; "gray clouds"; "the sky was leaden and thick".

Noun

1. United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939).

2. Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554).

3. Englishman who as Prime minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845).

4. Any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are gray; "the Confederate army was a vast gray".

5. A neutral achromatic color midway between white and black.

6. Gray clothing; "he was dressed in gray".

Verb

1. Make gray.

2. Turn gray; "Her hair began to gray".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "grey" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

"Grey" is a common misspelling or typo for: gray, greedy, grew.

Industry

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Grey

Animal

Dog, hound; pup, puppy; whelp, cur, mongrel; house dog, watch dog, sheep dog, shepherd's dog, sporting dog, fancy dog, lap dog, toy dog, bull dog, badger dog; mastiff; blood hound, grey hound, stag hound, deer hound, fox hound, otter hound; harrier, beagle, spaniel, pointer, setter, retriever; Newfoundland; water dog, water spaniel; pug, poodle; turnspit; terrier; fox terrier, Skye terrier; Dandie Dinmont; collie.

Condiment

Salt; mustard, grey poupon mustard; pepper, black pepper, white pepper, peppercorn, curry, sauce piquante; caviare, onion, garlic, pickle; achar, allspice; bell pepper, Jamaica pepper, green pepper; chutney; cubeb, pimento.

Crosswords: Grey

Spanish (flock, sheep).

I'll give you a winter prediction: It's gonna be cold, it's gonna be grey, and it's gonna last you for the rest of your life (Groundhog Day; writing credit: Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis.)

Look, just because my hair is turning grey, and I'm getting flabby, my eyesight and hearing have diminished, my metabolic rate has slowed down, and I'm no longer producing brain cells, doesn't mean I'm getting old. (Extreme Ghostbusters; writing credit: Brooks Wachtel)

A grey Hulk (The Incredible Hulk; writing credit: Jack Kirby; Stan Lee)

When the Grey Hair is dead, Magua will eat his heart (The Last of the Mohicans; writing credit: James Fenimore Cooper; John L. Balderston)

Gentlemen, you'll permit me to put on my spectacles, as I have grown not only grey but also blind in the service of my country (George Washington; writing credit: Jon Boothe; Richard Fielder)

Into a grey sky morning (Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning); performing artist: Vertical Horizon)

Yes one thing that turns this grey sky to blue (The Look Of Love; performing artist: ABC)

She is the sunlight when skies are grey (My Maria; performing artist: BROOKS & DUNN)

And everything's grey (Glycerine; performing artist: Bush)

Until you met my drummer on a grey tour bus (Once Bitten Twice Shy; performing artist: Great White)

The Old Grey Whistle Test (1971)

Zane Grey Theater (1956)

The Grey Hounded Hare (1949)

Those High Grey Walls (1939)

Grey contre X (1939)

Grey Funnel Line, The (performing artist: Prior/Tabor)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Grey Global Group Incorporated: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Grey Wolf Incorporated: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• African Grey Parrots: Everthing About History, Care, Nutrition, Handling, and Behavior (Complete Pet Owner's Manuals) (reference)

• Sea of Grey (reference)

• The African Grey Parrot Handbook (Barron's Pet Handbooks) (reference)

• The Picture of Dorian Grey (Penguin Classics) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Grey House Safety & Security Directory (reference)

• Zane Grey Review (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Grey Digital Target (reference)

• Grey Matter (reference)

• Grey Owl (reference)

• Beauty and the Beast: Shades of Grey (reference)

• Billy Joel: Shades of Grey (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Clear Hearts Grey Flowers (reference)

• Guattari: From the West Flows Grey Ash and Pestile (reference)

• Attack of the Grey Lantern [US] (reference)

• Old Grey Mare (reference)

• Under a Pale Grey Sky (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• InterAct GamePad Gun Metal Grey (reference)

• Shock N Rock: Grey (reference)

• Wharfedale Atlantic 500 Floorstanding Loudspeaker (Black Ash with Grey Accents, 1-Pair) (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Chicco Mamma Highchair - Grey Horizon (reference)

• Eddie Bauer Overnight Backpack Grey (reference)

• KitchenAid 9-Inch Angled Icing Spatula, Grey (reference)

• Freud EB050 13/16" Grey Edge Banding Tape (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

There is a butcher block cutting board on a white tablecloth. On the table are peapods, purple cabbage, cherry tomatoes, watercress, carrots, cauliflower and radishes. On the cutting board is a red pepper and an orange paring knife. In front of the board is a grey and white plaid napkin. See also AV-3905. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

A dark grey collander sits on a grey marble table surrounded by a red and white checkered napkin. Inside the collander are broccoli and carrots. To the side of the napkin are several beans and more broccoli. In front of the collander entwined in the napkin is a wooden spoon with some broccoli in the ladle. See also AV-3905. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Manton Keswick's Reservoir near Redding, California. Ore loading facility, Iron Mountain. The grey area by the concrete wall is spilled ore. Ore from Iron Mountain Mine was ground up at Minnesota Flats mill and carried over the mountains to wading facility. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

An ore vein in Iron Mountain Mine, the ore vein in the grey area is a sulfide ore. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Grey spilled ore at Manton on Keswick Reservoir near Redding, CA. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Lutjanus sp. Grey snapper. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.

A hazard of a diving marine biologist. Hammers on the head tend to discourage attack. Carcharinis Limbatus - grey shark on a murky day at the reef. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.

Grey horse in grazing. Credit: USDA.

Grey mare grazes in pasture with foal lying beside her. Credit: USDA.

Great Grey Heron. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

On this public holiday, as on all other occasions, for seven years past, Hester was clad in a garment of coarse grey cloth

The snow was still falling, and blotted out the grey sky.

They embraced softly, impelled by the grey rainy light, the wet silent trees, the shieldlike witnessing lake, the swans

GREY.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Studies to further define vasculogenic disorders include pharmacologic duplex grey scale/color ultrasonography, pharmacologic dynamic infusion cavernosometry/ cavernosography, and pharmacologic pelvic/penile angiography. (references)

Business

Trade observers said the lackluster Tokyo economy gave rise to a ready supply of cars, thus contributing to the influx of Japanese grey imports here. These are priced lower than the local distributor's prices. (references)

Economic History

Austria

The most successful and largest subsidiaries of U.S. agencies in Austria are McCann-Erickson, Grey Austria, Bozelll-Kobza, Dr. Puttner-Bates, Mang DMB & B, Team/BBDO, TBWA-Omnicom Group, and Young & Rubicam. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "grey": ash grey ♦ ashen grey ♦ be going grey ♦ become grey ♦ bluish grey ♦ charcoal grey ♦ Charles Grey ♦ dapple grey ♦ dark grey ♦ go grey ♦ golden grey mullet ♦ grey alder ♦ grey area ♦ grey crow ♦ grey day ♦ Grey Eagle ♦ grey economy ♦ Grey Forest ♦ grey forest soil ♦ grey fox ♦ grey friar ♦ grey goose ♦ grey hair ♦ grey haired ♦ grey headed ♦ grey hen ♦ grey horse ♦ grey level image ♦ grey level picture ♦ grey matter ♦ grey mullet ♦ grey pearl ♦ grey phalarope ♦ grey scale ♦ grey seal ♦ grey shades ♦ grey squirrel ♦ grey substance ♦ grey tin ♦ grey tint ♦ grey wooded soil ♦ grey zone ♦ lady Jane Grey ♦ make grey ♦ oxford grey ♦ pearl grey ♦ second Earl Grey ♦ silver grey ♦ tattletale grey ♦ turn grey ♦ Zane Grey ♦ zinc grey. Additional references.

Beginning with "grey": grey-and-brick, grey-and-gold, grey-and-white, grey-and-white-striped, grey-ashed, grey-back, grey-backed, grey-bearded, grey-black, grey-blonde, grey-blotched, grey-blue, grey-blues, grey-brown, grey-browns, grey-clad, grey-coat, grey-coated, grey-coloured, grey-cowled, grey-crusted, grey-dashed, grey-decorated, grey-dun, grey-eyed, grey-faced, grey-flannel, grey-flannelled, grey-flecked, grey-form, grey-furred, grey-green, grey-greens, grey-haired, grey-head, grey-headed, grey-ie, grey-importing, grey-lag, grey-leaved, grey-level, grey-levels, Grey-lloyd, grey-lustred, grey-marble, grey-mindedness, grey-miniskirted, grey-necked, grey-painted, grey-peppered, grey-pink, grey-purple, grey-purples, grey-quilted, grey-rimmed, grey-roofed, grey-rumped, grey-sand, grey-scale, grey-scaling, grey-silver, grey-slated, grey-speckled, grey-stone, grey-stoned, grey-streaked, grey-suit, grey-suited, grey-suits, grey-templed, grey-tiled, grey-tinged, grey-tinted, grey-tone, grey-toned, grey-topped, grey-violet, grey-whiskered, grey-white, grey-wigged, grey-winged.

Ending with "grey": ash-grey, blue-grey, bluish-grey, brown-grey, brownish-grey, dark-grey, dove-grey, granite-grey, green-grey, greeny-grey, mid-grey, pale-grey, pearl-grey, pewter-grey, pink-grey, pinkish-grey, sea-grey, silver-grey, silvery-grey, slate-grey, steel-grey, yellow-grey.

Containing "grey": black-grey-white, dapple-grey horse, greeny-grey-leaved.

Afrikaans

grys (gray). (various references)

Albanian

gri (Gray), veshje bojëhiri, përhihet, ngjyej bojëhiri, i thinjur (grey headed, greyish, grizzle, grizzled, grizzly, Hoar, hoary, white-headed), i lashtë (age-old, ancient, antique, early, grey headed, Hoar, hoary, old, old world, primaeval, primeval, primordial), i hirtë (cinerary, livid), bojë hiri (ashen, cinereous, earthlight, earthshine, Gray, sand), bëhem gri. (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, gray, 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 (gray, grizzle), ‏أشيب (frosty, gray, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white), ‏رمادي (ashen, ashy, gray, grizzly). (various references)

Basque

gris. (various references)

Bulgarian 

сив (drab, eventless, grizzle, grizzled, grizzly), побелял (frosty, grey haired, grey headed, hoary, white, white-headed), посивял (grey haired, grizzled, hoary), посивявам (become grey, go gray, make grey), прошарен (grizzled, grizzly, pepper and salt), прошарвам се (turn grey), мрачен (black, bleak, cheerless, comfortless, darksome, dejected, depressing, dim, dingy, dismal, drab, drear, dumpish, dusky, forbidding, gaunt, gloomy, glum, grave, grim, grisly, heavy, inhospitable, joyless, low-browed, lowering, melancholy, mirk, morbid, morose, murk, murky, obscure, sad, saturnine, somber, sombre, sullen, sunless, tenebrous, thick, tristful), пепелив (ashen, ashy, cinereous), възрастен (adult, elderly, grown, grown up, old, old age), убит (degraded, murdered, sober, subdued, subfusc), сив кон, сив цвят (grizzle), сивея, сиво небе, сиво облекло, сивота, опитен (adept, capable, consummate, empiric, empirical, experienced, experimental, expert, good, laboratory, old, old hand, perfect, pilot, practised, proficient, ripe, scientific, skilful, skilled, skillful, sophisticated, thorough-paced, versed, veteran, whizbang). (various references)

Catalan

gris. (various references)

Chinese 

灰色 (Gray, grayish, greyish). (various references)

Czech

šedý (drab). (various references)

Danish

grå (gray). (various references)

Dutch

grauw (gray, rabble, riff-raff). (various references)

Esperanto

grizo, griza. (various references)

Faeroese

gráur. (various references)

Farsi 

خاکستری (Ashen, Drab, Gray). (various references)

Finnish

harmaa (gray). (various references)

French

gris (Gray, grizzle). (various references)

Frisian

griis (gray), grau, skier. (various references)

German

grau (ashen, bleak, cheerless, dark, drab, drabness, dullness, gloomy, gray, grayUS, greyBrit, grizzled, Hoar). (various references)

Greek 

στακτόχρουσ, σταχτόχρωμοσ, γκρίζοσ, γκρίζος (grizzly), γκρί (gray), πολιός (gray), φαιόσ (grizzly), φαιός, τευρόλευκος (gray, white horse), θαμπό γυαλί (etched glass, glass subjected to obscuring processes, ground glass, short finish). (various references)

Hebrew 

אפור (ashen, leaden, make up). (various references)

Hungarian

szürke (commonplace, dingy, drab, dusty, flat, Gray, mousy, to lead a drab existence). (various references)

Icelandic

grár. (various references)

Irish

liath. (various references)

Italian

grigio (dingy, dun, gray, grizzle, grizzled, grizzly, Hoar), bigio (beige). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

霜降り (frosting, gray, salt and pepper colour), 鼠色 (gray), 灰色　 (ashen, gray), 灰色 (ashen, gray), グレートブリテン島 (grade, grade up, grain whisky, grape, grape juice, grapefruit, grave, gravy, gray, Great Britain, Greco-Roman style, Gregorian, Greyhound), グルタミン酸ナトリウム (golf bag, golf course, gourmand, gourmet, gray, gray zone, gray-collar, graying, great, sodium glutamate). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ねずみいろ (gray), しもふり (frosting, gray, salt and pepper colour), グレー (gray), グレイ (gray), はいいろ (ashen, gray). (various references)

Korean 

회색 (Gray, Grayer, Grayest, greyish). (various references)

Manx

lheeah (grey- or white-haired, grey-headed, hoary, mould, musty, silver), keerid (duskiness), glassyntee (twilight). (various references)

Norwegian

grå (gray). (various references)

Occitan

gris. (various references)

Papiamen

shinishi (ash, cinder). (various references)

Pig Latin

eygray.(various references)

Polish

szary, siwy. (various references)

Portuguese

cinzento (ashen, ashy, cinereous, gray, grizzled, grizzly, white-headed). (various references)

Romanian

gri (dark grey, Gray, greyish, grizzle). (various references)

Russian 

серый (gray, grizzle, grizzled, grizzly, Oxford gray). (various references)

Scottish

glas (a lock, a. grey, fetter : glas-làmh, lock, va. and vn. turn grey). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

siva boja, siv (grizzle, leaden), sed (frosty, gray, grey haired, grizzle, hoary, white hair), posiveti (go gray), posedeti (grizzle, turn grey). (various references)

Spanish

gris (cinereous, cold, dispassionate, drab, dull, Gray, grizzly, twilight), pardo (brown, dun). (various references)

Swedish

grå (dull, gloomy, gray, grizzled, hoary, overcast). (various references)

Tagalog

kúlay-abó. (various references)

Turkish

boz (dele, dun, Gray, grizzle). (various references)

Ukrainian

сіріти (grizzle), сірий колір (grizzle), сірий (blunket, drab, grisly, grizzly, leaden, wan), сивіти (go gray, go grey, grizzle), сивий (grey haired, grisly, grizzled, grizzly, hoary, white, white-haired, white-headed), сивина (greyness, grizzle, hoariness). (various references)

Vietnamese 

nhợt nhạt (gray, pale, tallowy), màu xám quần áo màu xám ngựa xám (gray). (various references)

Welsh

llwyd (brown, hoary, Lloyd, pale). (various references)

canens, canus, ravus. (various references)

har. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "grey": greyed, greyer, greyest, greyhen, greyhens, greyhound, greyhounds, greying, greyish, greylag, greylags, greyly, greyness, greynesses, greys. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: gyre.

-1 letter: erg, gey, reg, rye.

-2 letters: er, re, ye.

+1 letter: gayer, germy, greys, gyred, gyres, yager.

+2 letters: anergy, argyle, clergy, dreggy, energy, eryngo, garvey, gentry, geyser, grapey, grayed, grayer, greasy, greedy, greeny, gremmy, greyed, greyer, greyly, gripey, groyne, gurney, gypper, gyrase, gyrate, gyrene, gyrose, yagers.

+3 letters: agentry, allergy, angerly, argyles, beggary, buggery, cryogen, dodgery, doggery, drayage, eagerly, eryngos, forgery, frogeye, gallery, gargety, garveys, gaudery, geysers, gingery, grapery, gravely, grayest, greatly, greenly, greyest, greyhen, greying, greyish, greylag, grocery, groynes, gruyere, gunnery, gurneys, guttery, gyplure, gyppers, gypster, gyrases, gyrated, gyrates, gyrenes, imagery, jaggery, kerygma, largely, orangey, orogeny, piggery, preying, progeny, pyrogen, raggedy, regally, regency, relying, retying, roguery, surgery, synergy, syringe, theurgy, toggery, tragedy, urgency, voyager, waggery, wiggery, yardage, yerking, younger.