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gray

Definition

  • noun: a color that is between black and white
  • noun: something (as an animal, garment, cloth, or spot) of a gray color
  • verb: to become gray
  • verb: to make gray
  • adjective: having a color between black and white
  • adjective: of the color gray
  • abbreviation 'Gy'
  • synonyms: gray-haired, gray-headed, hoary

Examples

  • His books are enjoyable, but they don't do much to challenge the reader's 'gray matter'. [='intelligence']

  • His hair is 'graying'. = He has 'graying' hair.

  • What will you do when you are old and 'gray'?

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) We're too late. Where are they going? You can't give up now! Thorin. You can't give up now. "Stand by the gray stone... ...when the thrush knocks. " The setting sun. And "the last light of Durin's Day will shine... " The last light. (..)
    2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug