gray
noun
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
Types & categories
- achromatic color hypernym
- ash grey hyponym
- charcoal grey hyponym
- dapple-grey hyponym
- iron-grey hyponym
- tattletale grey hyponym
- iron blue hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
make grey
The painter decided to grey the sky
Types & categories
- color hypernym
Related & opposite
- gray derivation
Sense 3 adjective
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
the little grey cells
Related & opposite
- gray derivation
- achromatic similar to
Sense 4 noun
clothing that is a grey color
he was dressed in grey
Types & categories
- clothing hypernym
Sense 5 verb
turn grey
Her hair began to grey
Types & categories
- discolour hypernym
Related & opposite
- gray derivation
Sense 6 adjective
showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
whose beard with age is hoar
Related & opposite
Sense 7 noun
any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey
the Confederate army was a vast grey
Types & categories
- organization hypernym
- Confederate Army hyponym
Sense 8 adjective
used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)
a stalwart grey figure
Related & opposite
- southern similar to
Sense 9 noun
horse of a light gray or whitish color
Types & categories
- mount hypernym
Sense 10 adjective
intermediate in character or position
a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal
Related & opposite
- intermediate similar to
Sense 11 noun
the SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad
Types & categories
- radioactivity unit hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | grey |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | grey |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | grey |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | achromatic color |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ash grey |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | charcoal grey |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dapple-grey |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | iron-grey |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tattletale grey |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | iron blue |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | gray |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | color |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | gray |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | achromatic |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | clothing |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | gray |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | discolour |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | grizzle |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | hoariness |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | hoariness |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | old |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | organization |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | Confederate Army |
| 8 | similar to | Related & opposite | southern |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | mount |
| 10 | similar to | Related & opposite | intermediate |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | radioactivity unit |