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grey

/ɡɹeɪ/

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adjective

Having a color.

Examples :

"Wash colored items separately from whites and darks to prevent the colors from bleeding."

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adjective

Having a particular color or kind of color.

Examples :

"The room was red, with a dark-colored rug."

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adjective

Having prominent colors; colorful.

Examples :

"The singer wore a colored shirt."

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adjective

Influenced pervasively but subtly.

Examples :

"My opinions are colored by my upbringing."

attitude character quality aspect

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adjective

Of skin color other than white; in particular, black.

Examples :

"The job application asked applicants to state their race, offering choices like "white," "Asian," and "grey." "

appearance color race

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adjective

Of neither black nor white skin color.

Examples :

"Most of the colored community speaks Afrikaans, whereas languages like Xhosa or Venda are typically spoken by blacks and English is spoken mostly by whites."

appearance color

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adjective

Designated for use by colored people (in either the US or South African sense).

Examples :

"a colored drinking fountain"

race history society politics

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noun

An achromatic colour intermediate between black and white.

Examples :

"The grey of the clouds suggested rain was on its way. "

color appearance

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noun

An animal or thing of grey colour, such as a horse, badger, or salmon.

Examples :

""My neighbor owns a beautiful grey that she rides in local competitions." "

animal color appearance

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noun

An extraterrestrial humanoid with greyish skin, bulbous black eyes, and an enlarged head.

Examples :

"The witness described the grey as being about four feet tall with very thin limbs. "

mythology space inhuman person being supernatural entertainment story

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verb

To become grey.

Examples :

"My hair is beginning to grey."

appearance age color

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verb

To cause to become grey.

Examples :

"The stress of the job started to grey his hair at a young age. "

appearance color

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verb

To turn progressively older, in the context of the population of a geographic region.

Examples :

"the greying of Europe"

age society geography

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verb

To give a soft effect to (a photograph) by covering the negative while printing with a ground-glass plate.

Examples :

"The photographer decided to grey the portrait slightly to soften the harsh lines on her face. "

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adjective

Having a color somewhere between white and black, as the ash of an ember.

Examples :

"The sky was a dull grey this morning, threatening rain. "

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adjective

Dreary, gloomy.

Examples :

"The weather has been so grey lately; I really miss the sunshine. "

condition emotion

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adjective

Having an indistinct, disputed or uncertain quality.

Examples :

"The student's answer was grey, neither completely right nor entirely wrong. "

quality condition aspect

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adjective

Relating to older people.

Examples :

"the grey dollar, i.e. the purchasing power of the elderly"