gray

also grey (grā)

1. Of or relating to an achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white.
2. a. Dull or dark: a gray, rainy afternoon.
   b. Lacking in cheer; gloomy: a gray mood.
3. a. Having gray hair; hoary.
   b. Old or venerable.
4. Intermediate in character or position, as with regard to a subjective matter: the gray area between their differing opinions on the film's morality.

1. An achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white.
2. An object or animal of the color gray.
3. often Gray
   a. A member of the Confederate Army in the Civil War.
   b. The Confederate Army.

1. To become gray.
2. a. To become old; age.
   b. To include a large or increasing proportion of older people: “Federal food programs can't keep up with the nation's rapidly graying population” (Michael J. McCarthy).

Related Forms:

• grayˈly adjective

• grayˈness noun

(grā)

(grā), Asa 1810-1888.

, Robert 1755-1806.

, Thomas 1716-1771.