Meaning of grey | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.
2. A surname transferred from the nickname, alternative spelling of Gray.
   countable, uncountable
3. A member of the Royal Scots Greys, a cavalry regiment of the British Army from 1707 to 1971.
   UK, historical, in-plural
4. Commonwealth standard spelling of gray
5. A placename:
   countable, uncountable
6. A rural municipality (the Rural Municipality of Grey) in south-central Manitoba, Canada, named after Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey.
   countable, uncountable
7. Synonym of coloured (pertaining to the mixed race of black and white)
8. gray 1.
9. A river in the West Coast Region, South Island, New Zealand; in full, Grey River.
   countable, uncountable
10. to become grey or grey-haired. grys word يَشيب побелявам ficar grisalho šedivět ergrauen blive grå; gråne γκριζάρω encanecer hallinema خاکستری شدن؛ سفید شدن harmaantua grisonner לְהַאֲפִיר धूसर होना, करना posijediti megőszül; megszürkül beruban grána, verða gráhærður diventare grigio 灰色になる 회색으로 되다 papilkėti, pražilti sirmot beruban grijs wordengråne, bli grå poszarzeć, posiwieć ایری کیدل ficar grisalho a în­că­runţi становиться седым šedivieť osiveti osedeti gråna, bli gråhårig เริ่มแก่ ağarm...
11. A territorial authority, Grey District, on the West Coast, New Zealand, the successor of Grey County.
    countable, uncountable
12. close to grey. a greyish-green dress. grysagtige مائِل إلى الرَّمادي сивкав acinzentado našedlý, šedavý gräulich grålig γκριζωπός grisáceo hallikas متمایل به خاکستری harmahtava grisâtre אַפַרפַר धूमिल sivkast szürkés keabu-abuan gráleitur grigiastro 灰色がかった 회색을 띤 pilkšvas pelēcīgs; iesirms seakan-akan kelabu grijsachtiggråaktig, grå- szarawy ايرن، خړ acinzentado care bate în gri/în cenuşiu сероватый siv(k)astý sivkast sivkast gråaktig สีดอกเลา grimsi 近似灰色的 сіруватий خاکستری سے ملتا جلتا hơi xá...
13. Ellipsis of Grey County.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
14. (Colours) of a neutral tone, intermediate between black and white, that has no hue and reflects and transmits only a little light
15. Ellipsis of Grey College, Durham.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable
16. (Animals) greyish in colour or having parts or marks that are greyish
17. An English earldom.
    countable, uncountable
18. dismal or dark, esp from lack of light; gloomy
19. neutral or dull, esp in character or opinion
20. having grey hair
21. of or relating to people of middle age or above: grey power.
22. ancient; venerable

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Examples

“Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, / That costs thy life, my gallant grey.”

“Pioneer seemed now to have the game in his own hands; but the Captain, by taking two desperate leaps, cut off a corner, by which he regained the ground he had lost by the fall, and was up with the grey the remainder of the chase.”

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