grey – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
grey
n.
achromatic color between black and white (also gray)
v.
make grey; turn grey (mainly referring to hair)
adj.
of the color grey; having grey hair; dark or gloomy; dull, uninteresting; indeterminate, unclear (also gray)
Grey
Grey or
gray (see
spelling differences) is an intermediate
color between
black and
white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning literally that it is a color "without color". It is the color of a cloud-covered sky, of
ash and of
lead.
Grey
Noun
1. United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)
(synonym) Zane Grey
(hypernym) writer, author
2. Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554)
(synonym) Lady Jane Grey
(hypernym) Queen of England
(member-holonym) Tudor, House of Tudor
3. Englishman who as Prime minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845)
(synonym) Charles Grey, Second Earl Grey
(hypernym) statesman, solon, national leader
grey
Noun
1. any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are gray; "the Confederate army was a vast gray"
(synonym) gray
(hypernym) organization, organisation
(hyponym) Confederate Army, Army of the Confederacy
2. a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
(synonym) gray, grayness, greyness
(hypernym) achromatic color, achromatic colour
(hyponym) ash gray, ash grey, silver, silver gray, silver grey
(derivation) gray
3. gray clothing; "he was dressed in gray"
(synonym) gray
(hypernym) clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear
Verb
1. make gray; "The painter decided to grey the sky"
(synonym) gray
(hypernym) color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
(derivation) gray, grayness, greyness
2. turn gray; "Her hair began to gray"
(synonym) gray
(hypernym) discolor, discolour, colour, color
(derivation) gray, grayness, greyness
Adjective
1. an achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white; "gray flannel suit"; "hair just turning gray"
(synonym) gray, grayish, greyish
(similar) achromatic
2. showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head"
(synonym) gray, gray-haired, grey-haired, gray-headed, grey-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired
(similar) old
3. used to signify the Confederate forces in the Civil War (who wore gray uniforms); "a stalwart gray figure"
(synonym) gray
(similar) southern
4. intermediate in character or position; "a gray area between clearly legal and strictly illegal"
(synonym) gray
(similar) intermediate
5. darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "a gray rainy afternoon"; "gray clouds"; "the sky was leaden and thick"
(synonym) dull, gray, leaden
(similar) cloudy
grey
nm.
flock, congregation of religious believers
grey
n.
šeď, šedá (barva)
příd.jm.
šedý; šedivý; chmurný; jednotvárný
