gray
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1.0
- adjective
- /ɡreɪ/
- US
:
canoso
- My hair is basically Gray or silver again.
- a gray-haired person
- gray hair
- a gray-haired man
I guess maybe I pictured Gray hair or something, but I buy it.
- I guess maybe I pictured Gray hair or something, but I buy it.
- All right, it was it was grey and white in my beard.
- Like we can, we can get older and age and get the the, the grey whiskers, more wrinkles.
- I don't see no Gray hair on my wife or none of her friends.
Examples
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Her hair was almost gray, and her face was pallid and lined.
Academic text (2009) -
"Like to have a talk," the short one, the gray one, said when I got there.
Fiction book (1990) -
His skin was covered with a gray film and was cracking.
Academic text (2007) -
I have gray hair and round spectacles.
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Seated on a Mission-style Napoleon chair, a gray-haired African American woman faces the camera.
Academic text (2004) -
Robert Muldoon was a big man, fifty years old, with a steel-gray mustache and deep blue eyes.
Fiction book (1990) -
His six-foot frame is slightly stooped, and his woolly hair is gray around the temples.
Fiction book (1990) -
My grandmother has beautiful gray hair that she's proud to show off.
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As he aged, he noticed more gray hairs appearing in his beard.
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She decided to embrace her gray hair rather than dye it.
Synonyms
12
1.1
Having hair that is gray or white because of age
12
1.7
A person who has hair that is white, usually because they are old
3
2.7
A person who has hair that is gray or white, usually because they are older
1
8.9
Having grey or white hair that shows old age
1
4.4
Having mostly white hair because a person is older
Having grey or white hair that shows old age
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
7
4.1
The darker part of the brain and spinal cord containing nerve cells or used to mean being smart
- US
4
3.0
A large wild animal like a dog with gray fur that lives in forests and often hunts in packs
- US
1
5.7
A medium-sized wild animal with gray fur that lives in North and Central America and can climb trees
- US
1
5.2
A medium-sized grey parrot from Africa that is very intelligent and copies human speech
- Jargon
1
8.1
A person who finds computer security problems and sometimes breaks the law to test them
- Specialized
1
9.9
An object that emits less light and heat than a perfect emitter at the same temperature
- US
1
6.3
A place where goods are sold without manufacturer permission, often cheaper and without warranty
- Specialized
A small willow bush in the eastern United States with long narrow leaves that are gray and hairy underneath
A common medium-sized squirrel from eastern North America with gray fur and a bushy tail
A medium-sized birch tree with white or pale grey bark from eastern North America
A large gray bird that catches insects and lives in the southeastern United States and Caribbean
- Specialized
A tree that loses its leaves each year with smooth gray bark and broad leaves
- US
A medium-sized birch tree with pale gray bark that grows in eastern North America in old fields and burned areas
- US
A fish with a long rounded body that lives in seas and rivers that people often eat
A small plump bird with grey feathers and an orange face that lives in farmland
A large grey-brown eagle with a short white tail shaped like a wedge found in Europe and Greenland
- Specialized
Part of the brain and spinal cord that contains nerve cells and processes information
- Specialized
A large gray tree squirrel with a bushy tail that lives in western United States forests
How Gray
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- US
148
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gray for people comes from the same color word because hair turns 'gray' or white with age, so calling someone 'gray' shows they have the signs of getting older.