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Grey (gr

), Charles. Second Earl Grey. 1764-1845.

British politician who as prime minister (1830-1834) implemented parliamentary and social reforms, notably the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire.

Grey, Lady Jane 1537-1554.

Queen of England for nine days (1553). Proclaimed queen on the death of Edward VI (July 10, 1553), she was imprisoned after her short reign, replaced by the popular Mary Tudor, later Mary I, and subsequently beheaded for treason.

Grey, Zane 1875-1939.

American writer of Western adventure novels, including Riders of the Purple Sage (1912).

grey (gr

)

adj., n. & v.

Variant of gray¹.

grey now esp US, gray [greɪ]

adj

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) of a neutral tone, intermediate between black and white, that has no hue and reflects and transmits only a little light

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) greyish in colour or having parts or marks that are greyish

3. dismal or dark, esp from lack of light; gloomy

4. neutral or dull, esp in character or opinion

5. having grey hair

6. of or relating to people of middle age or above grey power

7. ancient; venerable

8. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) (of textiles) natural, unbleached, undyed, and untreated

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) any of a group of grey tones

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) grey cloth or clothing dressed in grey

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) an animal, esp a horse, that is grey or whitish

to become or make grey

[Old English grǣg; related to Old High German grāo, Old Norse grar]

greyish now esp US, grayish adj

greyly now esp US, grayly adv

greyness now esp US, grayness n

Grey [greɪ]

1. (Biographies / Grey, Charles, 2nd Earl Grey (1764-1845) M, British, POLITICS: statesman, POLITICS: prime minister) Charles, 2nd Earl Grey. 1764-1845, British statesman. As Whig prime minister (1830-34), he carried the Reform Bill of 1832 and the bill for the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1833)

2. (Biographies / Grey, Sir Edward, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon (1862-1933) M, British, POLITICS: statesman) Sir Edward, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon. 1862-1933, British statesman; foreign secretary (1905-16)

3. (Biographies / Grey, Sir George (1812-1898) M, British, POLITICS: statesman, POLITICS: colonial administrator) Sir George. 1812-98, British statesman and colonial administrator; prime minister of New Zealand (1877-79)

4. (Biographies / Grey, Jane, Lady (1537-1554) F, English, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) Lady Jane. 1537-54, queen of England (July 9-19, 1553); great-granddaughter of Henry VII. Her father-in-law, the Duke of Northumberland, persuaded Edward VI to alter the succession in her favour, but after ten days as queen she was imprisoned and later executed

5. (Biographies / Grey, Zane (1875-1939) M, US, WRITING: author of Westerns) Zane. 1875-1939, US author of Westerns, including Riders of the Purple Sage (1912)

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Noun	1.	Grey - United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939) Zane Grey
	2.	Grey - Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554) Lady Jane Grey House of Tudor, Tudor - an English dynasty descended from Henry Tudor; Tudor monarchs ruled from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (from 1485 to 1603)
	3.	Grey - Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845) Charles Grey, Second Earl Grey
	4.	grey - any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey; "the Confederate army was a vast grey" gray organization, organisation - a group of people who work together Army of the Confederacy, Confederate Army - the southern army during the American Civil War
	5.	grey - a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black gray, grayness, greyness achromatic color, achromatic colour - a color lacking hue; white or grey or black ash gray, ash grey, silver gray, silver grey, silver - a light shade of grey charcoal gray, charcoal grey, oxford gray, oxford grey, charcoal - a very dark grey color dapple-gray, dapple-grey, dappled-gray, dappled-grey - grey with a mottled pattern of darker grey markings iron-gray, iron-grey - the color of freshly broken cast iron tattletale gray, tattletale grey - a greyish white Davy's gray, Davy's grey, iron blue, steel gray, steel grey - slightly purplish or bluish dark grey
	6.	grey - clothing that is a grey color; "he was dressed in grey" gray article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, wearable, vesture, wear - a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
	7.	grey - horse of a light gray or whitish color gray mount, riding horse, saddle horse - a lightweight horse kept for riding only
Verb	1.	grey - make grey; "The painter decided to grey the sky" gray color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"
	2.	grey - turn grey; "Her hair began to grey" gray discolour, discolor, color, colour - change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"
Adj.	1.	grey - of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black; "the little grey cells"; "gray flannel suit"; "a man with greyish hair" gray, grayish, greyish achromatic, neutral - having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white"
	2.	grey - showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head" gray-haired, gray-headed, grey-haired, grey-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired, gray old - (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?"
	3.	grey - used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms); "a stalwart grey figure" gray southern - in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line; "southern hospitality"; "southern cooking"; "southern plantations"
	4.	grey - intermediate in character or position; "a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal" gray intermediate - lying between two extremes in time or space or state; "going from sitting to standing without intermediate pushes with the hands"; "intermediate stages in a process"; "intermediate stops on the route"; "an intermediate range plane"

grey

adjective

1. dull, dark, dim, gloomy, cloudy, murky, drab, misty, foggy, overcast, sunless It was a grey, wet April Sunday.

2. bleak, depressing, grim, discouraging, gloomy, hopeless, dismal, dreary, sombre, unpromising, disheartening, joyless, cheerless, comfortless Even the president admits the New Year will be grey and cheerless.

3. boring, dull, anonymous, faceless, colourless, nondescript, characterless little grey men in suits

4. old, aged, ancient, mature, elderly, venerable, hoary a grey old man

5. pale, wan, livid, bloodless, colourless, pallid, ashen, like death warmed up (informal) His face was grey with pain.

6. ambiguous, uncertain, neutral, unclear, debatable The whole question of refugees is something of a grey area. see shades from black to white

Translations

grey gray (US) [greɪ]

A. ADJ (greyer (compar) (greyest (superl)))

1. (in colour) → gris; [face, complexion] → ceniciento; [hair, beard] → gris, canoso, cano(liter); [horse] → rucio
the sky was grey → el cielo estaba gris
dark grey → gris oscuro adj inv
light grey → gris claro adj inv
a light grey shirt → una camisa gris claro
he's very grey for his age → tiene el pelo muy gris or canoso para su edad
to have grey hair → tener el pelo gris or canoso
to go grey [hair] → volverse gris or canoso
she's going grey → le están saliendo canas
to turn grey [person, face] → palidecer

2. (= bleak) [place, day] → gris
the future looked grey → el futuro se presentaba sombrío

3. (= boring) [person] → gris
people are fed up with stereotype politicians, the men in grey suits → la gente está cansada de los políticos estereotipados, los personajes incoloros

4. [pound, vote] → de la tercera edad

B. N

1. (= colour) → gris m
dressed in grey → vestido de gris

2. (= horse) → rucio m

C. VI [hair] → encanecer
he was greying at the temples → se le estaban encaneciendo las sienes

D. CPD grey area N (= unclear area) → área f poco definida, área f gris; (= intermediate area) → área f intermedia
it's rather a grey area → es un área poco definida or bastante gris
grey friar N
see friar grey matter N (Anat, hum) → materia f gris
grey mullet N → mújol m
grey seal N → foca f gris
grey squirrel N → ardilla f gris
grey wolf N → lobo m gris

grey [ˈgreɪ] (British) gray (US)

adj

[hair] → gris(e); [eyes] → gris(e); [clothes] → gris(e)
She's got grey hair → Elle a les cheveux gris.
to go grey → grisonner
He's going grey → Il grisonne.

(= dismal) → gris(e)

(= boring) → terne

n (= colour) → gris m
grey area (British) gray area (US) n → zone f floue
grey-haired [ˌgreɪˈhɛə^rd] (British) gray-haired (US) adj → aux cheveux gris

grey, (US) gray

adj (+er)

(in colour) → grau; (= ashen) person, face → grau, fahl; weather, sky, day → grau, trüb; to go or turn grey (person, hair) → grau werden, ergrauen (geh); their faces were grey with fatigue → sie or ihre Gesichter waren ganz blass vor Müdigkeit; men in grey suits anonyme, aber mächtige Hintermänner

(= bleak) world, year, days, outlook → grau, trostlos, öde

(= anonymous) person → grau, gesichtslos; place → grau, anonym

n (= colour) → Grau nt; subtle greys → zarte Grautöne pl

vi (person, hair) → grau werden, ergrauen (geh); he was greying at the temples → seine Schläfen wurden grau, seine Schläfen ergrauten

vt (Comput) button, function → ab- or ausgeblenden, deaktivieren; greyed (out) → deaktiviert

grey, (US) gray:

grey area

n (fig) → Grauzone f

greybeard, (US) graybeard

n → Graubart m

grey cells

pl (inf) (little) grey → (kleine) graue Zellen pl (inf)

grey eminence

n → graue Eminenz

grey-haired

adj → grauhaarig

grey, (US) gray:

greylag (goose)

n → Graugans f, → Wildgans f

grey market, (US) gray market

n (Comm) → grauer Markt

grey matter, (US) gray matter

n (Med inf) → graue Zellen pl

grey mullet

n → Meeräsche f

grey, (US) gray:

grey parrot

n → Graupapagei m

grey seal

n → Kegelrobbe f

grey squirrel

n → Grauhörnchen nt

grey wolf

n → Timberwolf f

grey [greɪ]

1. adj (-er (comp) (-est (superl))) → grigio/a; (complexion) → smorto/a; (outlook, prospect) → poco roseo/a
to go grey → diventar grigio/a
to go grey with fear (person) → sbiancarsi in viso dalla paura
grey skies → cielo grigio

2. n (colour) → grigio

3. vi (hair) → diventare grigio/a

grey [greɪ]

2. n (colour) → grigio

3. vi (hair) → diventare grigio/a

grey

adj grey [grei]

1 of a mixture of colour between black and white Ashes are grey. grys رَمادي пепелив šedý grå grau γκρίζος gris hall خاکستری harmaa gris אָפוֹר धूसर siv szürke (színű) abu-abu grár grigio 灰色の 회색의 pilkas pelēks kelabu grijs grå szary cinzento gri серый sivý, šedý siv siv grå, grått ที่มีสีเทา gri renkli, kül renkli 灰色的 сірий سیاہ و سفید کے بین بین xám 灰色的

2 grey-haired He's turning/going grey. grys ذو شَعْر أشيب побелял šedivý gråhåret grau γκριζομάλλης cano, gris hallipäine دارای موی جو گندمی harmaa grisonnant שׂעַרו מַאֲפִיר भूरे बाल वाला sijed ősz (hajú) beruban gráhærður grigio しらがまじりの (머리 털이) 희끗희끗한 žilas nosirmot beruban grijs(harig) gråhåret siwy grisalho grizonat седой šedivý siv sed gråhårig หงอก kır saçlı, saçları kırlaşmış 灰髮的 сивий خاکستری بالوں والا có tóc hoa râm 灰白头发的

1 (any shade of) a colour between black and white Grey is rather a dull colour. grys اللون الرَّمادي сив цвят šedá (barva) grå das Grau γκρι gris hall رنگ خاکستری harmaa gris אָפוֹר भूरा रंग sivilo szürke kelabu grár litur grigio 灰色 회색 pilka spalva pelēka krāsa kelabu grijs grått, gråfarge popiel (kolor) cinzento gri серый цвет sivá, šedá farba; šeď siva barva siva boja grå färg สีเทา gri renk, kül rengi 灰色 сірий колір سفید اور سیاہ کے درمیان کے رنگ màu xám 灰色

2 something grey in colour I never wear grey. grys شَيء رَمادي сив šedá gråt; noget, som er gråt das Grau κτ. που έχει γκρι χρώμα gris hall هر چیز خاکستری harmaa gris אָפוֹר भूरे रंग की कोई चीज predmet sive boje szürke warna kelabu grá flík grigio 灰色のもの 회색 물감 kas pilkos spalvos jebkas pelēkā krāsā kelabu grijs grått szary, popiel cinzento gri серое šedá siva barva siva boja grå, grått สิ่งที่เป็นสีเทา gri 灰色物 сіре خاکستری رنگ کی کوئی شے vật có màu xám 灰色衣物

to become grey or grey-haired. grys word يَشيب побелявам šedivět blive grå; gråne ergrauen 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 worden gråne(s), bli grå poszarzeć, posiwieć ficar grisalho a încărunţi становиться седым šedivieť osiveti osedeti gråna, bli gråhårig เริ่มแก่ ağarmak 變成灰色/頭髮變白 сивіти بال خاکستری ہو جانا trở nên xám 变成灰色（或灰白头发）

adj greyish

close to grey a greyish-green dress. grysagtige مائِل إلى الرَّمادي сивкав našedlý, šedavý grålig gräulich 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 grijsachtig gråaktig, grå- szarawy 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 xám 淡灰色的

Grey → رمادي šedý grå grau γκρίζος gris harmaa gris siv grigio 灰色の 회색의 grijs grå szary cinzento серый grå สีเทา gri xám 灰色的

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