Grey

Examples

• All

• I am at once reminded of Sir Thomas Grey's, "Full many a flower Is born to blush unseen"

  The Pale Blue Eye (2022)

• Lady Jane Grey was the Nine Days' Queen of England before her execution.

• But you can call me Grey Wolf.

  Last Resort (1996)

• I talked to Sheriff Grey.

  The Lucky One (2012)

• I'm friends with Jeremy Grey.

  Wedding Crashers (2005)

• In fact, the duke failed to form a government, and within a week, Grey had been reinstated.

  Academic text (2010)

• The President is climbing out as General Grey rushes to his aid.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Mitchell and General Grey move over to a monitor showing visuals from the Present's Plane.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Behind them, Dylan, Patricia, the President, and General Grey come walking over.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Stanley held command of the rear guard of Lord Grey's army during the march into the Wicklows.

  Fiction book (1990)

Synonyms

L

Lady Jane Grey

vsGrey

1 9.5

A noblewoman who became queen of England for nine days in 1553 before being executed

uses a common nickname and softer phrase rather than naming the deposer

Idioms

G

to give someone grey hair

• UK

1 8.1

To make someone very worried or stressed

Compounds

G

grey hair

• UK

52 1.1

Hair that has turned grey because of age or worry

G

grey power

• UK

1 6.9

The political influence of older people who vote together

G

Grey Friar

• UK

1 9.9

A Catholic friar of the Franciscan order who wears a simple grey robe

G

grey jackal

• UK

1 8.5

A small wild dog that lives in the deserts of Northern Africa

G

great grey kangaroo

• Australian

7.8

A very large Australian animal that hops, has grey-brown fur, and is now rare in open woods

G

grey-haired elder

• UK

4.4

A respected older person with grey hair who gives advice

G

grey-leaf pine

• Specialized

9.1

A medium-sized tree with five needles in each group and long narrow cones from southern California

Surface Forms

Etymology