'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
A neutral achromatic color midway between white and black [syn: gray, grayness, grey, greyness]
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

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

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