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Meanings
adjective
  • US spelling of grey.
noun
  • the SI unit of the absorbed dose of ionizing radiation, corresponding to one joule per kilogram.
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Meanings
adjective
  • of a colour intermediate between black and white, as of ashes or lead.
    E.g. grey flannel trousers
  • without interest or character; dull and nondescript.
    E.g. grey, faceless men
  • (of financial or trading activity) not accounted for in official statistics.
    E.g. the grey economy
  • relating to an ethnically mixed residential area.
    E.g. a grey Cape Town suburb
noun
  • grey colour or pigment.
    E.g. dirty intermediate tones of grey
  • a grey thing or animal, in particular a grey or white horse.
verb
  • (especially of hair) become grey with age.
    E.g. he had put on weight and greyed somewhat

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