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grey

verb

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Sense 1 verb

make grey

The painter decided to grey the sky

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Sense 2 adjective

of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black

the little grey cells

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Sense 3 verb

turn grey

Her hair began to grey

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Sense 4 adjective

showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair

whose beard with age is hoar

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Sense 5 adjective

used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)

a stalwart grey figure

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Sense 6 noun

any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey

the Confederate army was a vast grey

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Sense 7 adjective

intermediate in character or position

a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal

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Sense 8 noun

a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black

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Sense 9 noun

clothing that is a grey color

he was dressed in grey

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Sense 10 noun

horse of a light gray or whitish color

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SenseRelationGroupWord
1 derivation Related & opposite gray
1 hypernym Types & categories color
2 derivation Related & opposite gray
2 similar to Related & opposite achromatic
3 derivation Related & opposite gray
3 hypernym Types & categories discolour
4 derivation Related & opposite grizzle
4 derivation Related & opposite hoariness
4 derivation Related & opposite hoariness
4 similar to Related & opposite old
5 similar to Related & opposite southern
6 hypernym Types & categories organization
6 hyponym Types & categories Confederate Army
7 similar to Related & opposite intermediate
8 derivation Related & opposite grey
8 derivation Related & opposite grey
8 derivation Related & opposite grey
8 hypernym Types & categories achromatic color
8 hyponym Types & categories ash grey
8 hyponym Types & categories charcoal grey
8 hyponym Types & categories dapple-grey
8 hyponym Types & categories iron-grey
8 hyponym Types & categories tattletale grey
8 hyponym Types & categories iron blue
9 hypernym Types & categories clothing
10 hypernym Types & categories mount