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Meaning of grey

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  grey
      adj 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"
             [syn: {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" [syn: {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" [syn:
         {grey}, {gray}]
      4: intermediate in character or position; "a grey area between
         clearly legal and strictly illegal" [syn: {grey}, {gray}]
      n 1: United States writer of western adventure novels
           (1875-1939) [syn: {Grey}, {Zane Grey}]
      2: Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly
         replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554)
         [syn: {Grey}, {Lady Jane Grey}]
      3: Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms
         including the abolition of slavery throughout the British
         Empire (1764-1845) [syn: {Grey}, {Charles Grey}, {Second Earl
         Grey}]
      4: any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey;
         "the Confederate army was a vast grey" [syn: {grey}, {gray}]
      5: a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
         [syn: {gray}, {grayness}, {grey}, {greyness}]
      6: clothing that is a grey color; "he was dressed in grey" [syn:
         {grey}, {gray}]
      7: horse of a light gray or whitish color [syn: {grey}, {gray}]
      v 1: make grey; "The painter decided to grey the sky" [syn:
           {grey}, {gray}]
      2: turn grey; "Her hair began to grey" [syn: {grey}, {gray}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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