grey /greɪ/
1. United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)
2. Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554)
synset: Grey, Lady_Jane_Grey
3. Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845)
synset: Grey, Charles_Grey, Second_Earl_Grey
4. any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey; "the Confederate army was a vast grey"
5. a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
synset: gray, grayness, grey, greyness
6. clothing that is a grey color; "he was dressed in grey"
7. horse of a light gray or whitish color
1. make grey; "The painter decided to grey the sky"
2. turn grey; "Her hair began to grey"
1. of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black; "the little grey cells"; "gray flannel suit"; "a man with greyish hair"
synset: grey, gray, greyish, grayish
2. showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head"
synset: grey, gray, grey-haired, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired
3. used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms); "a stalwart grey figure"
4. intermediate in character or position; "a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal"
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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