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1 gray (US) or chiefly Brit grey

Pronounced:

/ˈgreɪ/Listen to audio

Function:

adjective

Inflected forms:

gray·er; gray·est

Meaning:

1 : having a color between black and white : having a color that is like the color of smoke a gray sweater/suit gray hair
2 : having gray hair What will you do when you are old and gray? My friends have all gone gray.
3 : lacking brightness: such as a : cloudy and dark It was a gray winter day. a cold, gray dawn b : very boring or ordinary leading a gray existence c : having or showing little life or energy the gray faces of the people in the crowd
—gray·ness (US) or chiefly Brit grey·ness noun [noncount] the grayness of the dawn
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