'Grizzly' definitions:
Definition of 'grizzly'
(from WordNet)
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]
noun
Powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America [syn: grizzly, grizzly bear, silvertip, silver-tip, Ursus horribilis, Ursus arctos horribilis]
Definition of 'Grizzly'
From: GCIDE
- Grizzly \Griz"zly\, a. Somewhat gray; grizzled. [1913 Webster]
- Old squirrels that turn grizzly. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- Grizzly bear (Zool.), a large and ferocious bear ({Ursus horribilis}) of Western North America and the Rocky Mountains. It is remarkable for the great length of its claws. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Grizzly'
From: GCIDE
- Grizzly \Griz"zly\, n.; pl. Grizzlies.
- 1. (Zool.) A grizzly bear. See under Grizzly, a. [1913 Webster]
- 2. pl. In hydraulic mining, gratings used to catch and throw out large stones from the sluices. [Local, U. S.] --Raymond. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'grizzly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acier,
- argent,
- argentine,
- ashen,
- ashy,
- canescent,
- chalky,
- cinereous,
- cinerous,
- cretaceous,
- dapple,
- dapple-gray,
- dappled,
- dappled-gray,
- dingy,
- dismal,
- dove-colored,
- dove-gray,
- dreary,
- dull,
- dusty,
- fleecy-white,
- frosted,
- frosty,
- glaucescent,
- glaucous,
- gray,
- gray-black,
- gray-brown,
- gray-colored,
- gray-drab,
- gray-green,
- gray-spotted,
- gray-toned,
- gray-white,
- grayed,
- grayish,
- griseous,
- grizzle,
- grizzled,
- hoar,
- hoary,
- iron-gray,
- lactescent,
- lead-gray,
- leaden,
- lily-white,
- livid,
- marble,
- marmoreal,
- milky,
- mouse-colored,
- mouse-gray,
- mousy,
- niveous,
- pearl,
- pearl-gray,
- pearly,
- platinum,
- pure white,
- Quaker-colored,
- sad,
- silver,
- silver-gray,
- silvered,
- silvery,
- slate-colored,
- slaty,
- smoke-gray,
- smoky,
- snow-white,
- snowy,
- sober,
- somber,
- steel-gray,
- steely,
- stone-colored,
- swan-white,
- taupe,
- white,
- white as snow