gray, adj.
freq. cnt. 47
freq. cnt. 47
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 39 freq. cnt.: 38 freq. cnt.: 1
gray grayish grey greyish
sample sentences
"the little grey cells""gray flannel suit"
"a man with greyish hair"
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showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 2
gray gray-haired gray-headed grey grey-haired grey-headed grizzly hoar hoary white-haired
sample sentences
"whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge"nodded his hoary head"
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used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
gray grey
intermediate in character or position
<adj.all>
gray grey
sample sentences
"a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal"
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