Chiefly Brit. gray
A grey day in London.
Grey is defined as the British version of gray, which is the color made by mixing together white and black.
An example of grey is the color of an overcast or foggy day in London.
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- 2d Earl Grey 1764-1845; Eng. statesman; prime minister (1830-34)
- Lady Jane Dudley 1537-54; queen of England (July 10-19, 1553): beheaded
- 1875-1939; U.S. writer, esp. of westerns
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Adjective
(comparative greyer, superlative greyest)
- (chiefly UK, Australia and Canada, alternative in US) Alternative form of gray.
Usage notes
A mnemonic for remembering which spelling is used where: grey is the English spelling, while gray is the American spelling. However, grey is also frequently found in American English.
Verb
(third-person singular simple present greys, present participle greying, simple past and past participle greyed)
- (chiefly UK, Australia and Canada, alternative in US) Alternative form of gray.
- My hair is beginning to grey.
Origin
See also: graySee "gray".
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Sentence Examples
- She dyed her hair pink to masquerade her grey strands.
- The loess is reddish-brown, buff or grey according to the varying proportions of iron oxide.
- A large grey cat was asleep on a rocking chair.
- Only the reflection of the white snow and grey sky provided light once she stepped outside.
- He led her into a small, grey elevator that plunged quickly to the depths beneath the mountain.
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