Definizione di grey

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grey

(greɪ )

parola: comparative greyer , superlative greyest regional note: in AM, use gray

1. colore

Grey is the colour of ashes or of clouds on a rainy day.

...a grey suit.

2. aggettivo

You use grey to describe the colour of people's hair when it changes from its original colour, usually as they get old.

...my grey hair.

Eddie was going grey.

3. aggettivo

If the weather is grey, there are many clouds in the sky and the light is dull.

It was a grey, wet April Sunday.

Sinonimi: dull, dark, dim, gloomy Ulteriori sinonimi di grey

greyness sostantivo non numerabile

...winter's greyness.

4. aggettivo

If you describe a situation as grey, you mean that it is dull, unpleasant, or difficult.

Brazilians look gloomily forward to a New Year that even the president admits will be grey and cheerless.

Sinonimi: bleak, depressing, grim, discouraging Ulteriori sinonimi di grey

greyness sostantivo non numerabile

In this new world of greyness there is an attempt to remove all risks.

5. aggettivo

If you describe someone or something as grey, you think that they are boring and unattractive, and very similar to other things or other people.

[disapproval]

...little grey men in suits.

Sinonimi: boring, dull, anonymous, faceless Ulteriori sinonimi di grey

greyness sostantivo non numerabile

Journalists are frustrated by his apparent greyness.

6. aggettivo

Journalists sometimes use grey to describe things concerning old people.

There was further evidence of grey consumer power last week, when Ford revealed a car designed with elderly people in mind.

Ulteriori sinonimi di grey

Video: pronunciation of 'grey'

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Grey in American

(greɪ ; grā)

Charles2d Earl Grey 1764-1845; Eng. statesman; prime minister (1830-34)

Lady JaneLady Jane Dudley 1537-54; queen of England (July 10-19, 1553): beheaded

Zane (zeɪn ) ; zān) 1875-1939; U.S. novelist

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grey in American

(greɪ ; grā)

aggettivo , sostantivo , verbo transitivo , verbo intransitivo

Chiefly British

gray1

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grey in British

or US gray (ɡreɪ )

aggettivo

of a neutral tone, intermediate between black and white, that has no hue and reflects and transmits only a little light

greyish in colour or having parts or marks that are greyish

dismal or dark, esp from lack of light; gloomy

neutral or dull, esp in character or opinion

having grey hair

of or relating to people of middle age or above

grey power

ancient; venerable

(of textiles) natural, unbleached, undyed, and untreated

sostantivo

any of a group of grey tones

10.

grey cloth or clothing

dressed in grey

11.

an animal, esp a horse, that is grey or whitish

verbo

12.

to become or make grey

forme derivate

greyish (ˈgreyish) or US grayish (ˈgrayish)

aggettivo

greyly (ˈgreyly) or US grayly (ˈgrayly)

avverbio

greyness (ˈgreyness) or US grayness (ˈgrayness)

sostantivo

Parola origine grey

Old English grǣg; related to Old High German grāo, Old Norse grar

Frequenza

Grey in British

(ɡreɪ )

sostantivo

Charles, 2nd Earl Grey. 1764–1845, British statesman. As Whig prime minister (1830–34), he carried the Reform Bill of 1832 and the bill for the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1833)

Sir Edward, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon. 1862–1933, British statesman; foreign secretary (1905–16)

Sir George. 1812–98, British statesman and colonial administrator; prime minister of New Zealand (1877–79)

Lady Jane. 1537–54, queen of England (July 9–19, 1553); great-granddaughter of Henry VII. Her father-in-law, the Duke of Northumberland, persuaded Edward VI to alter the succession in her favour, but after ten days as queen she was imprisoned and later executed

Zane. 1875–1939, US author of Westerns, including Riders of the Purple Sage (1912)

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