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gray
has definitions from the fields of zoology,clothing,color,fine art,biology,botany,nautical,geography,verse,writing
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[ adjective ] (color) an achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white
Examples "gray flannel suit" "hair just turning gray" Used in print (James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)A very fine , gray solid ( about 15 g ) is formed , water-washed by centrifugation , and dried at 110 ` C . (J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)The myocardium of the posterior base of the left_ventricle was replaced by gray scar tissue over a 7.5 cm. area . The parenchyma was slightly hyperemic in the apex of the left lung , and there were several firm , gray , fibrocalcific nodules measuring as large as 3 mm. . (Christopher Davis, First Family....)Scotty gazed out at ugly gray slums and said softly , `` Look at those stupid kids '' . (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)The crude wooden boxes of the enemy , our nicely turned gray metal disks . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (color) a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
Used in print (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)Beyond that misty gray of the rain , he saw the stretching hutment , low diminutive log_cabins , chinked with mud , with doorways a man would have_to crouch to get through , with roofs of tenting laid_over boughs or boards from hardtack boxes , or fence_rails , with cranky chimneys of sticks and dried mud . Now , Adam , in the gray light of afternoon , stared across at the hut opposite his tent , and thought_of Simms_Purdew lying in there in the gloom , snoring on his bunk , with the fumes of whisky choking the air . The gray face stared straight ahead in the drizzle . Related terms achromatic_color ash_gray iron_blue charcoal tattletale_gray iron-gray dapple-gray |
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[ adjective ] showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair
Examples "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge "nodded his hoary head" Used in print (Christopher Davis, First Family....)Teachers - men who wore brown suits and had gray hair and pleasant smiles - came to their table to talk_shop and to be introduced to Scotty and Rachel . (Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)The boy shuddered at the deathly pale countenance with its wrinkles and gray hair . (Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)She had a dried-out quality - a gray , lean woman , not unattractive . (John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)With my gray hair and my weatherbeaten countenance I certainly looked the honest working stiff . (Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)The thin gray figures raised a hoarse , cawing cry like the call of a bird flock . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair
Examples "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge "nodded his hoary head" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] darkened with overcast
Examples "a dark day" "a dull sky" "a gray rainy afternoon" "gray clouds" "the sky was leaden and thick" Used in print (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)The drizzle was slacking_off now , but the light was grayer . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (clothing) gray clothing
Synonyms Examples "he was dressed in gray" Used in print (Edward E. Kelly, S.J., "Christian Unity in England"...)Since the Protestant clergy for_the_most_part wear gray or some variant from the wholly black suit , my Roman_collar and black garb usually identify me in England as a Roman_Catholic cleric . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 69
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[ noun ] (zoology) horse of a light grey or whitish color
Used in print (Edwin Booth, Outlaw Town....)He paused only long enough to ascertain that Jess 's buckskin was still missing and that his own gray was all_right , then climbed through a back window and dropped to the ground outside . Related terms |
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[ noun ] any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are gray
Synonyms Examples "the Confederate army was a vast gray" Used in print (Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)Indeed , no richer humor is to be found in the whole of American literature than in the letters of the semi-literate men who wore the blue and the gray . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] intermediate in character or position
Synonyms Examples "a gray area between clearly legal and strictly illegal" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] clothed in gray or a gray costume
Examples "Gray Ladies are volunteer workers in the American Red Cross" "the Gray Friars are Franciscan friars who traditionally wear gray habits" |
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[ noun ] (verse,writing) English poet best known for his elegy written in a country church-yard (1716-1771)
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[ noun ] (nautical,geography) American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806)
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