GRAY
Dictionary entry overview: What does Gray mean?
• GRAY (noun)
The noun GRAY has 7 senses:
1. a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
2. clothing that is a grey color
3. any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey
4. horse of a light gray or whitish color
5. English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (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)
Familiarity information: GRAY used as a noun is common.
• GRAY (adjective)
The adjective GRAY has 5 senses:
1. of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
2. showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
3. darkened with overcast
4. used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)
5. intermediate in character or position
Familiarity information: GRAY used as an adjective is common.
• GRAY (verb)
The verb GRAY has 2 senses:
1. make grey
2. turn grey
Familiarity information: GRAY used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GRAY (noun)
Meaning:
A neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
greyness; grayness; gray; grey
Hypernyms ("gray" is a kind of...):
achromatic color; achromatic colour (a color lacking hue; white or grey or black)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gray"):
ash gray; ash grey; silver; silver gray; silver grey (a light shade of grey)
charcoal; charcoal gray; charcoal grey; oxford gray; oxford grey (a very dark grey color)
dapple-gray; dapple-grey; dappled-gray; dappled-grey (grey with a mottled pattern of darker grey markings)
iron-gray; iron-grey (the color of freshly broken cast iron)
tattletale gray; tattletale grey (a greyish white)
Davy's gray; Davy's grey; iron blue; steel gray; steel grey (slightly purplish or bluish dark grey)
Meaning:
Clothing that is a grey color
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
gray; grey
Context example:
he was dressed in grey
Hypernyms ("gray" is a kind of...):
article of clothing; clothing; habiliment; vesture; wear; wearable (a covering designed to be worn on a person's body)
Meaning:
Any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
gray; grey
Context example:
the Confederate army was a vast grey
Hypernyms ("gray" is a kind of...):
organisation; organization (a group of people who work together)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gray"):
Army of the Confederacy; Confederate Army (the southern army during the American Civil War)
Meaning:
Horse of a light gray or whitish color
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
gray; grey
Hypernyms ("gray" is a kind of...):
mount; riding horse; saddle horse (a lightweight horse kept for riding only)
Meaning:
English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Thomas Gray; Gray
Instance hypernyms:
poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))
Meaning:
American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Robert Gray; Gray
Instance hypernyms:
navigator (in earlier times, a person who explored by ship)
Meaning:
United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Asa Gray; Gray
Instance hypernyms:
botanist; phytologist; plant scientist (a biologist specializing in the study of plants)
• GRAY (adjective)
Meaning:
Of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
Synonyms:
greyish; grey; grayish; gray
Context examples:
the little grey cells / gray flannel suit / a man with greyish hair
Similar:
achromatic (having no hue)
Meaning:
Showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
Synonyms:
hoary; hoar; grizzly; grey-headed; grey-haired; gray-headed; gray-haired; white-haired; grey; gray
Context examples:
whose beard with age is hoar / nodded his hoary head
Similar:
old ((used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age)
Meaning:
Darkened with overcast
Synonyms:
leaden; gray; grey; dull
Context examples:
a dark day / a dull sky / a grey rainy afternoon / grey clouds / the sky was leaden and thick
Similar:
cloudy (full of or covered with clouds)
Meaning:
Used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)
Synonyms:
grey; gray
Context example:
a stalwart grey figure
Similar:
southern (in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line)
Meaning:
Intermediate in character or position
Synonyms:
grey; gray
Context example:
a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal
Similar:
intermediate (lying between two extremes in time or space or degree)
• GRAY (verb)
Meaning:
Make grey
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
gray; grey
Context example:
The painter decided to grey the sky
Hypernyms (to "gray" is one way to...):
color; color in; colorise; colorize; colour; colour in; colourise; colourize (add color to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Turn grey
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
grey; gray
Context example:
Her hair began to grey
Hypernyms (to "gray" is one way to...):
color; colour; discolor; discolour (change color, often in an undesired manner)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
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