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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Grey \Grey\, a.
     See Gray (the correct orthography).
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Gray \Gray\ (gr[=a]), a. [Compar. Grayer; superl. Grayest.]
     [OE. gray, grey, AS. gr[=ae]g, gr[=e]g; akin to D. graauw,
     OHG. gr[=a]o, G. grau, Dan. graa, Sw. gr[*a], Icel. gr[=a]r.]
     [Written also grey.]
     1. any color of neutral hue between white and black; white
        mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of
        ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed
        color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              These gray and dun colors may be also produced by
              mixing whites and blacks.             --Sir I.
                                                    Newton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Old; mature; as, gray experience. -- Ames.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. gloomy; dismal.
        [PJC]
  
     Gray antimony (Min.), stibnite.
  
     Gray buck (Zo["o]l.), the chickara.
  
     Gray cobalt (Min.), smaltite.
  
     Gray copper (Min.), tetrahedrite.
  
     Gray duck (Zo["o]l.), the gadwall; also applied to the
        female mallard.
  
     Gray falcon (Zo["o]l.) the peregrine falcon.
  
     Gray Friar. See Franciscan, and Friar.
  
     Gray hen (Zo["o]l.), the female of the blackcock or black
        grouse. See Heath grouse.
  
     Gray mill or Gray millet (Bot.), a name of several plants
        of the genus Lithospermum; gromwell.
  
     Gray mullet (Zo["o]l.) any one of the numerous species of
        the genus Mugil, or family Mugilid[ae], found both in
        the Old World and America; as the European species
        ({Mugilid[ae] capito, and Mugilid[ae] auratus), the
        American striped mullet ({Mugilid[ae] albula), and the
        white or silver mullet ({Mugilid[ae] Braziliensis). See
        Mullet.
  
     Gray owl (Zo["o]l.), the European tawny or brown owl
        ({Syrnium aluco). The great gray owl ({Ulula cinerea})
        inhabits arctic America.
  
     Gray parrot (Zo["o]l.), an African parrot ({Psittacus
        erithacus), very commonly domesticated, and noted for its
        aptness in learning to talk. Also called jako.
  
     Gray pike. (Zo["o]l.) See Sauger.
  
     Gray snapper (Zo["o]l.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer.
        See Snapper.
  
     Gray snipe (Zo["o]l.), the dowitcher in winter plumage.
  
     Gray whale (Zo["o]l.), a rather large and swift whale of
        the northern Pacific ({Eschrichtius robustus, formerly
        Rhachianectes glaucus), having short jaws and no dorsal
        fin. It grows to a length of 50 feet (someimes 60 feet).
        It was formerly taken in large numbers in the bays of
        California, and is now rare; -- called also grayback,
        devilfish, and hardhead. It lives up to 50 or 60 years
        and adults weigh from 20 to 40 tons.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Grey \Grey\, a.
     See Gray (the correct orthography).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Gray \Gray\, a. [Compar. Grayer; superl. Grayest.] [OE.
     gray, grey, AS. gr[=ae]g, gr[=e]g; akin to D. graauw, OHG.
     gr[=a]o, G. grau, Dan. graa, Sw. gr[*a], Icel. gr[=a]r.]
     [Written also grey.]
     1. White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt,
        or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark
        mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove.
  
              These gray and dun colors may be also produced by
              mixing whites and blacks.             --Sir I.
                                                    Newton.
  
     2. Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary.
  
     3. Old; mature; as, gray experience. Ames.
  
     Gray antimony (Min.), stibnite.
  
     Gray buck (Zo["o]l.), the chickara.
  
     Gray cobalt (Min.), smaltite.
  
     Gray copper (Min.), tetrahedrite.
  
     Gray duck (Zo["o]l.), the gadwall; also applied to the
        female mallard.
  
     Gray falcon (Zo["o]l.) the peregrine falcon.
  
     Gray Friar. See Franciscan, and Friar.
  
     Gray hen (Zo["o]l.), the female of the blackcock or black
        grouse. See Heath grouse.
  
     Gray mill or millet (Bot.), a name of several plants of the
        genus Lithospermum; gromwell.
  
     Gray mullet (Zo["o]l.) any one of the numerous species of
        the genus Mugil, or family Mugilid[ae], found both in
        the Old World and America; as the European species ({M.
        capito, and M. auratus), the American striped mullet
        ({M. albula), and the white or silver mullet ({M.
        Braziliensis). See Mullet.
  
     Gray owl (Zo["o]l.), the European tawny or brown owl
        ({Syrnium aluco). The great gray owl ({Ulula cinerea})
        inhabits arctic America.
  
     Gray+parrot+(Zo["o]l.),+a+parrot+({Psittacus+erithacus" rel="nofollow">Gray parrot (Zo["o]l.), a parrot ({Psittacus erithacus),
        very commonly domesticated, and noted for its aptness in
        learning to talk.
  
     Gray pike. (Zo["o]l.) See Sauger.
  
     Gray snapper (Zo["o]l.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer.
        See Snapper.
  
     Gray snipe (Zo["o]l.), the dowitcher in winter plumage.
  
     Gray whale (Zo["o]l.), a rather large and swift California
        whale ({Rhachianectes glaucus), formerly taken in large
        numbers in the bays; -- called also grayback,
        devilfish, and hardhead.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  grey
       adj 1: an achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of
              black and white; "gray flannel suit"; "hair just
              turning gray" [syn: gray, grayish, greyish]
       2: showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or
          white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge;
          "nodded his hoary head" [syn: gray, gray-haired, grey-haired,
           gray-headed, grey-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary,
           white-haired]
       3: used to signify the Confederate forces in the Civil War (who
          wore gray uniforms); "a stalwart gray figure" [syn: gray]
       4: intermediate in character or position; "a gray area between
          clearly legal and strictly illegal" [syn: gray]
       5: darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "a gray
          rainy afternoon"; "gray clouds"; "the sky was leaden and
          thick" [syn: dull, gray, leaden]
       n 1: United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)
            [syn: Zane Grey]
       2: Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly
          replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason
          (1537-1554) [syn: Lady Jane Grey]
       3: Englishman who as Prime minister implemented social reforms
          including the abolition of slavery throughout the British
          Empire (1764-1845) [syn: Charles Grey, Second Earl Grey]
       4: any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are gray;
          "the Confederate army was a vast gray" [syn: gray]
       5: a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
          [syn: gray, grayness, greyness]
       6: gray clothing; "he was dressed in gray" [syn: gray]
       v 1: make gray; "The painter decided to grey the sky" [syn: gray]
       2: turn gray; "Her hair began to gray" [syn: gray]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  grey
     Αγγλικά a.
     γκρί, σταχτί
     Αγγλικά n.
     (ετ χρώμα en) γκρί

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  grey
     Icelandic n.
     1 (lb is archaic) bitch (gloss: female dog)
     2 wretch, pitiful person
     3 (inflection of is grey  indef acc s)
     4 (inflection of is grey  indef nom p)
     5 (inflection of is grey  indef acc p)
     Middle English a.
     1 (l en grey), dull, drab (in color)
     2 (l en glinting), glistening
     Middle English n.
     1 (l en grey) (gloss: colour)
     2 fur of the grey squirrel
     3 (l en grey) clothes
     4 (l en grey) textiles
     5 An elderly man
     6 A (l en badger)
     Spanish n.
     1 (lb es obsolete poetic) flock, herd
     2 (lb es religion) flock (people served by a pastor, priest, etc.,
  also all believers in a church or religion)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Grey
     n.
     (lb en UK military historical mostly in the plural) A member of the
  (w: Royal Scots Greys), a cavalry regiment of the British Army from 1707
  to 1971.
     n.
     1 (surname en from=nicknames), (alternative spelling of en Gray
  nocap=1)
     2 {place|en|river|, the (w: Grey River), on the West Coast of the
  South Island of|c/New Zealand}.
     3 An English earldom.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  grey
     a.
     1 (standard spelling of en from=UK from2=Commonwealth gray)
     2 (lb en South African English slang) (synonym of en coloured)
  {gloss|pertaining to the (l en mixed race) of (l en black) and (l en
  white)}.<ref> 2001, Charlotte Spinks,
  [https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/138143/WP20.pdf A New Apartheid? Urban
  Spatiality, (Fear of) Crime, and Segregation; in Cape Town, South
  Africa], Destin Development Studies Institute, ISSN 1470-2320
  </ref>
     n.
     (standard spelling of en from=UK from2=Commonwealth gray)
     vb.
     (standard spelling of en from=UK from2=Commonwealth gray)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Grey
     n.
     (lb en UK military historical mostly in the plural) A member of the
  (w: Royal Scots Greys), a cavalry regiment of the British Army from 1707
  to 1971.
     n.
     1 (surname en from=nicknames), (alternative spelling of en Gray
  nocap=1)
     2 {place|en|river|, the (w: Grey River), on the West Coast of the
  South Island of|c/New Zealand}.
     3 An English earldom.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  grey
     Icelandic n.
     1 (lb is archaic) bitch (gloss: female dog)
     2 wretch, pitiful person
     3 (inflection of is grey  indef acc s)
     4 (inflection of is grey  indef nom p)
     5 (inflection of is grey  indef acc p)
     Middle English a.
     1 (l en grey), dull, drab (in color)
     2 (l en glinting), glistening
     Middle English n.
     1 (l en grey) (gloss: colour)
     2 fur of the grey squirrel
     3 (l en grey) clothes
     4 (l en grey) textiles
     5 An elderly man
     6 A (l en badger)
     Spanish n.
     1 (lb es obsolete poetic) flock, herd
     2 (lb es religion) flock (people served by a pastor, priest, etc.,
  also all believers in a church or religion)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Grey
     n.
     (lb en UK military historical mostly in the plural) A member of the
  (w: Royal Scots Greys), a cavalry regiment of the British Army from 1707
  to 1971.
     n.
     1 (surname en from=nicknames), (alternative spelling of en Gray
  nocap=1)
     2 {place|en|river|, the (w: Grey River), on the West Coast of the
  South Island of|c/New Zealand}.
     3 An English earldom.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  grey
     Icelandic n.
     1 (lb is archaic) bitch (gloss: female dog)
     2 wretch, pitiful person
     3 (inflection of is grey  indef acc s)
     4 (inflection of is grey  indef nom p)
     5 (inflection of is grey  indef acc p)
     Middle English a.
     1 (l en grey), dull, drab (in color)
     2 (l en glinting), glistening
     Middle English n.
     1 (l en grey) (gloss: colour)
     2 fur of the grey squirrel
     3 (l en grey) clothes
     4 (l en grey) textiles
     5 An elderly man
     6 A (l en badger)
     Spanish n.
     1 (lb es obsolete poetic) flock, herd
     2 (lb es religion) flock (people served by a pastor, priest, etc.,
  also all believers in a church or religion)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Grey
     n.
     (lb en UK military historical mostly in the plural) A member of the
  (w: Royal Scots Greys), a cavalry regiment of the British Army from 1707
  to 1971.
     n.
     1 (surname en from=nicknames), (alternative spelling of en Gray
  nocap=1)
     2 {place|en|river|, the (w: Grey River), on the West Coast of the
  South Island of|c/New Zealand}.
     3 An English earldom.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  grey
     Englanti a.
     harmaa (+luokka en väri)
     Englanti n.
     1 harmaa
     2 harmaus
     Englanti vb.
     harmaantua

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  grey
     Engelska a.
     (tagg brittisk engelska färger språk=en) grå; som har grå färg
     Engelska n.
     (tagg ufologi språk=en) en utomjordisk humanoid med gråaktigt hud,
  kupiga svarta ögon, och ett förstorat huvud

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  grey /ɡɹˈeɪ/
  grys

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Grey /ɡɹˈeɪ/
  رمادي