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Definition grey

Etymology

From Middle English grey, from Old English gr??, from Proto-Germanic *gr?waz (compare Dutch grauw, German grau, Old Norse grár), from Proto-Indo-European *??reh?- (“to green, to grow”) (compare Latin r?vus (“grey”), Old Church Slavonic ???? (z?rj?, “to see, to glance”), Russian ????? (zret?, “to watch, to look at”) (archaic), Lithuanian žeriù (“to shine”)).

Adjective

grey (comparative greyer, superlative greyest) (often spelled “gray” in the US)

1. Having a color somewhere between white and black, as the ash of an ember.
2. Dreary, gloomy.
3. Having an indistinct, disputed or uncertain quality.
4. Relating to older people.

Verb

grey (third-person singular simple present greys, present participle greying, simple past and past participle greyed) (often spelled "gray" in the US)

1. To become grey.
2. To cause to become grey.
3. (demography, slang) To turn progressively older, in the context of the population of a geographic region.

Noun

grey (plural greys) (often spelled "gray" in the US)

1. An achromatic colour intermediate between black and white.
2. An animal or thing of grey colour, such as a horse, badger, or salmon.
3. (ufology) an extraterrestrial humanoid with greyish skin, bulbous black eyes, and an enlarged head.

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