'Gray' definitions:
Definition of 'gray'
From: WordNet
adjective
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" [syn: grey, gray, greyish, grayish]
adjective
Showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head" [syn: grey, gray, grey-haired, gray- haired, grey-headed, gray-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired]
adjective
Used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms); "a stalwart grey figure" [syn: grey, gray]
adjective
Intermediate in character or position; "a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal" [syn: grey, gray]
noun
noun
Clothing that is a grey color; "he was dressed in grey" [syn: grey, gray]
noun
Any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey; "the Confederate army was a vast grey" [syn: grey, gray]
noun
Horse of a light gray or whitish color [syn: grey, gray]
noun
The SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad [syn: gray, Gy]
noun
English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965) [syn: Gray, Louis Harold Gray]
noun
English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771) [syn: Gray, Thomas Gray]
noun
American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806) [syn: Gray, Robert Gray]
noun
United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888) [syn: Gray, Asa Gray]
verb
Make grey; "The painter decided to grey the sky" [syn: grey, gray]
verb
Turn grey; "Her hair began to grey" [syn: grey, gray]
Definition of 'Gray'
From: GCIDE
- Gray \Gray\ (gr[=a]), a. [Compar. Grayer; superl. Grayest.] [OE. gray, grey, AS. gr[=ae]g, gr[=e]g; akin to D. graauw, OHG. gr[=a]o, G. grau, Dan. graa, Sw. gr[*a], Icel. gr[=a]r.] [Written also grey.]
- 1. any color of neutral hue between white and black; white mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove. [1913 Webster]
- These gray and dun colors may be also produced by mixing whites and blacks. --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Old; mature; as, gray experience. -- Ames. [1913 Webster]
- 4. gloomy; dismal. [PJC]
- Gray antimony (Min.), stibnite.
- Gray buck (Zool.), the chickara.
- Gray cobalt (Min.), smaltite.
- Gray copper (Min.), tetrahedrite.
- Gray duck (Zool.), the gadwall; also applied to the female mallard.
- Gray falcon (Zool.) the peregrine falcon.
- Gray Friar. See Franciscan, and Friar.
- Gray hen (Zool.), the female of the blackcock or black grouse. See Heath grouse.
- Gray mill or Gray millet (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus Lithospermum; gromwell.
- Gray mullet (Zool.) any one of the numerous species of the genus Mugil, or family Mugilid[ae], found both in the Old World and America; as the European species (Mugilid[ae] capito, and Mugilid[ae] auratus), the American striped mullet (Mugilid[ae] albula), and the white or silver mullet (Mugilid[ae] Braziliensis). See Mullet.
- Gray owl (Zool.), the European tawny or brown owl ({Syrnium aluco}). The great gray owl (Ulula cinerea) inhabits arctic America.
- Gray parrot (Zool.), an African parrot ({Psittacus erithacus}), very commonly domesticated, and noted for its aptness in learning to talk. Also called jako.
- Gray pike. (Zool.) See Sauger.
- Gray snapper (Zool.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer. See Snapper.
- Gray snipe (Zool.), the dowitcher in winter plumage.
- Gray whale (Zool.), a rather large and swift whale of the northern Pacific (Eschrichtius robustus, formerly Rhachianectes glaucus), having short jaws and no dorsal fin. It grows to a length of 50 feet (someimes 60 feet). It was formerly taken in large numbers in the bays of California, and is now rare; -- called also grayback, devilfish, and hardhead. It lives up to 50 or 60 years and adults weigh from 20 to 40 tons. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Gray'
From: GCIDE
- Gray \Gray\ (gr[=a]), n.
- 1. A gray color; any mixture of white and black; also, a neutral or whitish tint. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An animal or thing of gray color, as a horse, a badger, or a kind of salmon. [1913 Webster]
- Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day. That coats thy life, my gallant gray. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (U. S. History) the Confederate army or a soldier in the confederate army; as, a battle between the blue and the gray. [PJC]
Definition of 'Gray'
From: GCIDE
- Gray \Gray\ (gr[=a]), n. [named after Louis Harold Gray, English radiobiologist.] the SI unit of absorbed dosage of ionizing radiation, equal to an absorbed energy of 1 joule per kilogram of irradiated material; -- abbreviated Gy. This unit is 100 times the commonly used unit, the rad. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'gray'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- achromatic,
- achromic,
- acier,
- advanced,
- advanced in life,
- advanced in years,
- aged,
- along in years,
- ancient,
- anemic,
- ashen,
- ashy,
- bay,
- bayard,
- black,
- bleak,
- bled white,
- bloodless,
- boring,
- buckskin,
- cadaverous,
- calico pony,
- canescence,
- canescent,
- chestnut,
- chloranemic,
- cinereous,
- cinerous,
- colorless,
- dapple,
- dapple-gray,
- dappled,
- dappled-gray,
- dark,
- dead,
- deadly pale,
- deathly pale,
- dim,
- dimmed,
- dingy,
- discolored,
- dismal,
- dove-colored,
- dove-gray,
- drab,
- drabness,
- drear,
- drearisome,
- dreary,
- dull,
- dullness,
- dun,
- dusty,
- elderly,
- etiolated,
- exsanguinated,
- exsanguine,
- exsanguineous,
- faded,
- faint,
- fallow,
- flat,
- funebrial,
- funereal,
- ghastly,
- glaucescence,
- glaucescent,
- glaucous,
- glaucousness,
- gloomy,
- grave,
- gray with age,
- gray-black,
- gray-brown,
- gray-colored,
- gray-drab,
- gray-green,
- gray-haired,
- gray-headed,
- gray-spotted,
- gray-toned,
- gray-white,
- grayed,
- grayish,
- grayishness,
- grayness,
- grim,
- griseous,
- grizzle,
- grizzled,
- grizzly,
- grown old,
- haggard,
- hoar,
- hoary,
- hueless,
- humdrum,
- hypochromic,
- iron-gray,
- lackluster,
- lead-gray,
- leaden,
- leadenness,
- livid,
- lividity,
- lividness,
- lurid,
- lusterless,
- mat,
- mealy,
- monotonous,
- mouse-colored,
- mouse-gray,
- mousiness,
- mousy,
- muddy,
- neutral,
- neutral tint,
- old,
- old as Methuselah,
- paint,
- painted pony,
- pale,
- pale as death,
- pale-faced,
- pallid,
- pasty,
- patriarchal,
- pearl,
- pearl-gray,
- pearly,
- piebald,
- pinto,
- Quaker-colored,
- repetitive,
- roan,
- sad,
- sallow,
- same,
- samely,
- saturnine,
- senectuous,
- sickly,
- silver,
- silver-gray,
- silvered,
- silveriness,
- silvery,
- skewbald,
- slate-colored,
- slatiness,
- slaty,
- smoke-gray,
- smokiness,
- smoky,
- sober,
- soberness,
- solemn,
- somber,
- somberness,
- sombrous,
- sorrel,
- steel-gray,
- steely,
- stone-colored,
- tallow-faced,
- taupe,
- tedious,
- toneless,
- triste,
- uncolored,
- unrelieved,
- venerable,
- wan,
- washed-out,
- waxen,
- weak,
- weariful,
- wearisome,
- weary,
- whey-faced,
- white,
- white with age,
- white-bearded,
- white-crowned,
- white-haired,
- wrinkled,
- wrinkly,
- years old
Gray, GA -- U.S. city in Georgia
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Gray, GA -- U.S. city in Georgia
Population (2000) :
1811
Housing Units (2000) :
713
Land area (2000) :
2.418527 sq. miles (6.263956 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.009479 sq. miles (0.024550 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
2.428006 sq. miles (6.288506 sq. km)
FIPS code :
34512
Located within :
Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location :
33.008620 N, 83.534067 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
31032
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Gray, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Gray, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000) :
82
Housing Units (2000) :
43
Land area (2000) :
1.000854 sq. miles (2.592199 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1.000854 sq. miles (2.592199 sq. km)
FIPS code :
32565
Located within :
Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location :
41.840074 N, 94.982547 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
50110
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Gray, TN -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Tennessee
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Gray, TN -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Tennessee
Population (2000) :
1273
Housing Units (2000) :
586
Land area (2000) :
1.677927 sq. miles (4.345811 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.005774 sq. miles (0.014954 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1.683701 sq. miles (4.360765 sq. km)
FIPS code :
30700
Located within :
Tennessee (TN), FIPS 47
Location :
36.417403 N, 82.475637 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
37615
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Gray, LA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Louisiana
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Gray, LA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Louisiana
Population (2000) :
4958
Housing Units (2000) :
1799
Land area (2000) :
11.640495 sq. miles (30.148743 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
11.640495 sq. miles (30.148743 sq. km)
FIPS code :
31180
Located within :
Louisiana (LA), FIPS 22
Location :
29.680993 N, 90.781414 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
70359
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Gray -- U.S. County in Kansas
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Gray -- U.S. County in Kansas
Population (2000) :
5904
Housing Units (2000) :
2181
Land area (2000) :
868.900957 sq. miles (2250.443051 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.439887 sq. miles (1.139302 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
869.340844 sq. miles (2251.582353 sq. km)
Located within :
Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location :
37.722709 N, 100.415469 W
Gray -- U.S. County in Texas
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Gray -- U.S. County in Texas
Population (2000) :
22744
Housing Units (2000) :
10567
Land area (2000) :
928.277123 sq. miles (2404.226608 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.971856 sq. miles (2.517095 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
929.248979 sq. miles (2406.743703 sq. km)
Located within :
Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location :
35.437533 N, 100.856145 W
Words containing 'Gray'
- Grayness,
- Gray County,
- Gray Court,
- Gray Friar,
- Gray Friars,
- Gray Summit,
- Gray antimony,
- Gray buck,
- Gray cobalt,
- Gray copper,
- Gray duck,
- Gray falcon,
- Gray hen,
- Gray iron,
- Gray irons,
- Gray mill,
- Gray millet,
- Gray mullet,
- Gray nuns,
- Gray owl,
- Gray parrot,
- Gray perch,
- Gray pike,
- Gray plum,
- Gray shark,
- Gray silver,
- Gray snapper,
- Gray snipe,
- Gray whale,
- Gray widgeon,
- Gray, GA,
- Gray, IA,
- Gray, KS,
- Gray, LA,
- Gray, TN,
- Gray, TX,
- Grays Harbor,
- Grays Prairie,
- Pearl gray,
- african gray,
- asa gray,
- ash gray,
- charcoal gray,
- dapple gray,
- davy's gray,
- gray alder,
- gray area,
- gray birch,
- gray catbird,
- gray comma,
- gray coots,
- gray eminence,
- gray flounder,
- gray fox,
- gray goldenrod,
- gray jay,
- gray kingbird,
- gray lapwing,
- gray lemming,
- gray linnet,
- gray market,
- gray matter,
- gray mullets,
- gray partridge,
- gray plover,
- gray polypody,
- gray poplar,
- gray sage,
- gray skate,
- gray sole,
- gray substance,
- gray trout,
- gray willow,
- gray wolf,
- oxford gray,
- payne's gray,
- robert gray,
- silver gray,
- steel gray,
- tattletale gray,
- thomas gray,
- Gray County, KS,
- Gray County, TX,
- Gray Court, SC,
- Gray Summit, MO,
- Grays Harbor County,
- Grays Harbor, WA,
- Grays Prairie, TX,
- Iron-gray,
- Silver-gray,
- Slate-gray,
- american gray birch,
- ash-gray,
- black-gray,
- blackish-gray,
- blue-gray,
- bluish-gray,
- brown-gray,
- brownish-gray,
- charcoal-gray,
- dapple-gray,
- dappled-gray,
- dark-gray,
- dimmed dulled grayed,
- dwarf gray willow,
- eastern gray squirrel,
- gray copper ore,
- gray manganese ore,
- gray sea eagle,
- gray-black,
- gray-blue,
- gray-brown,
- gray-green,
- gray-haired,
- gray-headed,
- gray-pink,
- gray-white,
- great gray owl,
- greenish-gray,
- louis harold gray,
- olive-gray,
- oxford-gray,
- red-gray,
- reddish-gray,
- silvery-gray,
- slaty-gray,
- stone-gray,
- western gray squirrel,
- yellow-gray,
- yellowish-gray,
- Grays Harbor County, WA,
- a Minors Gray Friars or Franciscans,
- silver-gray fox,
- stone stone-gray,
- blae bluish-black or gray-blue,
- Polemonium coeruleum having corymbs of drooping flowers usually blue Gray