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Meaning of gray | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
ɡɹeɪ

Definitions

  1. Of a colour between black and white, having neutral hue and intermediate brightness
  2. An achromatic colour between black and white.
    US
  3. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of absorbed dose of radiation (radiation absorbed by a patient); one joule of energy absorbed per kilogram of the patient's mass.
    US
  4. A surname transferred from the nickname; originally a nickname for someone with a gray beard or hair.
  5. Dreary, gloomy, cloudy
  6. An animal or thing of grey colour, such as a horse, badger, or salmon.
    US
  7. A male given name.
  8. Of indistinct, disputed or uncertain quality or acceptability
  9. A gray wolf
    US
  10. A number of places in the United States:
  11. A city, the county seat of Jones County, Georgia.
  12. Gray-haired
  13. A gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus.
    US
  14. A minor city in Audubon County, Iowa.
  15. Old
  16. Synonym of grey alien.
    US
  17. An unincorporated community in Knox County, Kentucky.
  18. A penny with a tail on both sides, used for cheating.
    US
  19. A census-designated place in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana.
  20. A town and census-designated place therein, in Cumberland County, Maine.
  21. A census-designated place in Washington County, Tennessee.
  22. A rural locality in north-east Tasmania, Australia.

Equivalents

Afrikaans grys
Azərbaycanca boz çal
Беларуская шэры
Български сив
বাংলা ধূসর
Bosanski glas griz griza шал
Català gris
Čeština gray sedy sivě
Cymraeg llwyd
Dansk grå
Deutsch grau graue grauen Gray
Esperanto griza
Español gris grises plomo
Eesti hall
Euskara gris
Suomi ankea gray harmaa harmo synkkä
Français gray gris
Gaeilge glas liath
Gàidhlig glas
עברית אפור
हिन्दी धूसर
Hrvatski glas griz griza шал
Magyar borongós gyászos ősz szürke
Bahasa Indonesia abu-abu
Íslenska grár
Italiano gray grigio
Қазақша сұр шал
ខ្មែរ ប្រផេះ
ಕನ್ನಡ ಬೂದು
Kurdî boz çal çal glas grî şîv şûr şûr
Кыргызча боз көк
Latina cānus cinereus pullus ravus
Lietuvių pilkas žilas
Latviešu pelēks sirms
Te Reo Māori kiwikiwi
Македонски сив
മലയാളം ചാരം
मराठी राखाडी
Bahasa Melayu abu kelabu
Malti griż
မြန်မာဘာသာ မီးခိုးရောင်
नेपाली फुस्रो
Nederlands grauw grijs vergrijzen
Polski grej siwy szarak Szary
پښتو خړ
Português cinza cinzento gray grey gris sombrio
Русский грей седой серый сивый
සිංහල අළු
Slovenčina Sivý
Slovenščina siv
Shqip hirtë
Српски glas griz griza шал
Svenska dyster grå gray tråkig trist
Kiswahili kijivu
ไทย เทา
Türkmençe çal
Tagalog abuhin kulay-abo
Türkçe boz gri kır
Українська сірий

Examples

“Caywood holds the rifle which time after time brought down a raging, snarling prairie gray.”
“Log-shaped barnacles become embedded in the hide of the gray.”
“In Wyoming, a GOP state senator forwarded an FGA draft bill to Secretary of State Chuck Gray that would prohibit sending out unsolicited absentee ballot request forms.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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