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- pronunciation:
- greI
- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
Gray is the color of the sky before it rains. When you mix black and white together, you get the color gray.
Marie chose gray as the color for her horses in her painting.
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
grayer, greyer, grayest, greyest |
| definition 1: |
When something is gray, it has the color of gray.
My grandma used to have black hair, but she has gray hair now.- similar words:
- cloudy
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| definition 2: |
When you have a gray day, it means that you have a sad or unhappy day.
Jasper came home sad from having a gray day at school. |
| definition 3: |
If your grandmother is gray, it means that she has gray hair.
My grandfather used to have dark brown hair, but now he is gray. |
| derivations: |
grayish (greyish) (adj.), grayly (greyly) (adv.), grayness (greyness) (n.) |
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