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Words with a similar base: grey, grey-haired, grey-headed, greyish, greyness

'grey'

[grey.n.01] as in: United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)

'grey'

[grey.n.02] as in: Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554)

'grey'

[grey.n.03] as in: Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845)

'grey'

[grey.n.04] as in: any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey

Examples:
the Confederate army was a vast grey

'grey'

[gray.n.01] as in: a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black

'grey'

[grey.n.06] as in: clothing that is a grey color

Examples:
he was dressed in grey

'grey'

[grey.n.07] as in: horse of a light gray or whitish color

'grey'

[grey.v.01] as in: make grey

Examples:
The painter decided to grey the sky

'grey'

[grey.v.02] as in: turn grey

Examples:
Her hair began to grey

'grey'

[grey.s.01] as in: of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black

Examples:
the little grey cells
gray flannel suit
a man with greyish hair

'grey'

[grey.s.02] as in: showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; -Coleridge

Examples:
whose beard with age is hoar
nodded his hoary head

'grey'

[grey.s.03] as in: used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)

Examples:
a stalwart grey figure

'grey'

[grey.s.04] as in: intermediate in character or position

Examples:
a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal