noun Download 🔗Share An achromatic colour intermediate between black and white. Examples : "The artist used various grays in her painting to create a realistic, cloudy sky. " color Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An animal or thing of grey colour, such as a horse, badger, or salmon. Examples : "The farmer's collection included several grays, both horses and badgers. " animal color biology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An extraterrestrial humanoid with grayish skin, bulbous black eyes, and an enlarged head. Examples : "Many science fiction stories feature grays abducting humans for study. " mythology space inhuman being supernatural person world science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A penny with a tail on both sides, used for cheating. Examples : "The gambler was caught using grays to rig the coin toss and steal from the other players. " game business Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To become gray. Examples : "My hair is beginning to gray." appearance age body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cause to become gray. Examples : "Stress and long hours at work quickly grays her hair. " color appearance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To turn progressively older, alluding to graying of hair through aging (used in context of the population of a geographic region) Examples : "the graying of America" age society human Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To give a soft effect to (a photograph) by covering the negative while printing with a ground-glass plate. Examples : "The photographer grays the portrait to soften the wrinkles and create a more flattering image. " art technology media Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share In the International System of Units, the derived unit of absorbed dose of radiation (radiation absorbed by a patient); one joule of energy absorbed per kilogram of the patient's mass. Symbol: Gy Examples : "After the radiation therapy, the doctor explained that the patient received a dose of two grays. " medicine physics energy mass unit Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading