ɡreɪ adj., n., & v. (US gray) --adj. 1 of a
colour intermediate between black and white, as of ashes or lead. 2 a (of
the weather etc.)
dull,
dismal; heavily
overcast. b bleak, depressing; (of a person) depressed. 3 a (of hair)
turning white
with age etc. b (of a person) having grey
hair. 4
anonymous,
nondescript,
unidentifiable. --n. 1 a a grey colour or
pigment. b grey
clothes or
material (dressed in grey). 2 a
cold sunless
light. 3 a grey or white
horse. --v.tr. & intr.
make or
become grey. øgrey
area 1 a
situation or
topic sharing features of
more than one category and
not clearly attributable to
any one category. 2 S.Afr. an area
where Black and
Coloured people live (usu. illicitly)
alongside White. 3
Brit. an area in
economic decline. grey
eminence = òMINENCE GRISE. Grey
Friar a
Franciscan friar. grey
goose =
GREYLAG. grey-hen the
female of the black grouse (cf. BLACKCOCK). grey
matter 1 the darker tissues of the
brain and
spinal cord consisting of nerve-cell bodies and branching dendrites. 2 colloq.
intelligence. grey
squirrel an
American squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis,
brought to Europe in the 19th c. øøgreyish adj. greyly adv. greyness n. [OE
gróg f. Gmc]
