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Definition of grey noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

grey

noun
 
/ɡreɪ/
 
/ɡreɪ/
(US English usually gray)
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  1. [uncountable, countable] the colour of smoke or ashes
    • the dull grey of the sky
    • dressed in grey
    • light/pale grey
    • His eyes are a dark grey.
    • The adult male's wings are of light grey.
    • an exquisite range of soft greys
    Topics Colours and Shapesa1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • uniformly
    • very
    • quite
    adjective
    • dark
    • light
    • pale
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  2. [countable] a grey or white horse
    • She's riding the grey.
    see also dapple grey
  3. Word OriginOld English grǣg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch grauw and German grau.
See grey in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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