grey

adj

1. Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.

   “These grey and dun colors may be also produced by mixing whites and blacks.”

   “This is itself a cheerless spot, particularly on a rainy day, when, overshadowed by the great massif of rock that towers in the background, and surrounded by the grey and cheerless quarries, it has a depressing character much in contrast with the green verdure encountered on the northern end of this interesting branch line.”

2. (South-Africa, slang)Synonym of coloured (pertaining to the mixed race of black and white).

verb

1. Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.

   “Now only a few hand-hewn cedar planks and roof beams remained, moss-grown and sagging—a few totem poles, greyed and split.”

noun

1. Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.

   “Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, / That costs thy life, my gallant grey.”

   “Pioneer seemed now to have the game in his own hands; but the Captain, by taking two desperate leaps, cut off a corner, by which he regained the ground he had lost by the fall, and was up with the grey the remainder of the chase.”

2. (UK, historical, in-plural)A member of the Royal Scots Greys, a cavalry regiment of the British Army from 1707 to 1971.

name

1. (countable, uncountable)A surname transferred from the nickname, alternative spelling of Gray.
2. (countable, uncountable)A placename:
3. (countable, uncountable)A placename:
4. (countable, uncountable)A placename:
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable)A placename:
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable)Ellipsis of Grey College, Durham.
7. (countable, uncountable)An English earldom.