grey

🇺🇸 /ɡreɪ/ 🇬🇧 /ɡreɪ/
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Tags Oxford3000CEFR-A1
adjective
A1

the color between black and white

The sky was grey and cloudy.

A2

cloudy and not bright

It was a grey and rainy day.

R

having grey hair

His hair is turning grey.

R

pale from illness or tiredness

Her face looked grey after being sick.

R

dull and uninteresting

His life felt grey and boring.

R

boring and ordinary

The grey building looked very plain.

R

related to old people

Grey voters have different needs.

noun
R

a grey horse

The grey ran fast in the race.

verb
R

to become grey

His hair is starting to grey.

translation

adj. the color between black and white; cloudy and not bright; having grey hair; pale from illness or tiredness; dull and uninteresting; boring and ordinary; related to old people
n. a grey horse
v. to become grey

Word Forms

Comparative greyer
Superlative greyest
Plural greys
Progressive greying
Past greyed
Perfect greyed
3rd Present greys