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grayer


 
  Overview  of  adj  gray 
 
  The  adj  gray  has  6  senses  (first  4  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (39)  gray,  grey,  grayish,  greyish  --  (an  achromatic  color  of  any  lightness  between  the  extremes  of  black  and  white;  "gray  flannel  suit";  "hair  just  turning  gray") 
  2.  (6)  gray,  grey,  gray-haired,  grey-haired,  gray-headed,  grey-headed,  hoar,  hoary,  white-haired  --  (showing  characteristics  of  age,  especially  having  gray  or  white  hair;  "whose  beard  with  age  is  hoar"-Coleridge;  "nodded  his  hoary  head") 
  3.  (4)  dull,  gray,  grey,  leaden  --  (darkened  with  overcast;  "a  dark  day";  "a  dull  sky";  "a  gray  rainy  afternoon";  "gray  clouds";  "the  sky  was  leaden  and  thick") 
  4.  (3)  gray,  grey  --  (used  to  signify  the  Confederate  forces  in  the  Civil  War  (who  wore  gray  uniforms);  "a  stalwart  gray  figure") 
  5.  gray  --  (clothed  in  gray  or  a  gray  costume;  "Gray  Ladies  are  volunteer  workers  in  the  American  Red  Cross";  "the  Gray  Friars  are  Franciscan  friars  who  traditionally  wear  gray  habits") 
  6.  gray,  grey  --  (intermediate  in  character  or  position;  "a  gray  area  between  clearly  legal  and  strictly  illegal") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  gray 
 
  5  of  6  senses  of  gray 
 
  Sense  1 
  gray,  grey,  grayish,  greyish 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  achromatic)  ->  chromatic 
 
  Sense  2 
  gray,  grey,  gray-haired,  grey-haired,  gray-headed,  grey-headed,  hoar,  hoary,  white-haired 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  old)  ->  young,  immature 
 
  Sense  3 
  dull,  gray,  grey,  leaden 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  cloudy)  ->  clear 
 
  Sense  4 
  gray,  grey 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  southern)  ->  northern 
 
  Sense  6 
  gray,  grey 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  last  intermediate)  ->  first 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  intermediate,  first)  ->  last 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  gray 
 
  6  senses  of  gray 
 
  Sense  1 
  gray,  grey,  grayish,  greyish 
  =>  achromatic  (vs.  chromatic) 
 
  Sense  2 
  gray,  grey,  gray-haired,  grey-haired,  gray-headed,  grey-headed,  hoar,  hoary,  white-haired 
  =>  old  (vs.  young) 
 
  Sense  3 
  dull,  gray,  grey,  leaden 
  =>  cloudy  (vs.  clear) 
 
  Sense  4 
  gray,  grey 
  =>  southern  (vs.  northern) 
 
  Sense  5 
  gray 
  Pertains  to  noun  gray  (Sense  2) 
  =>gray,  grey 
  =>  clothing,  clothes,  apparel,  vesture,  wearing  apparel,  wear,  article  of  clothing 
 
  Sense  6 
  gray,  grey 
  =>  intermediate  (vs.  first)  (vs.  last) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  gray 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  gray 
 
  gray  used  as  an  adjective  is  common  (polysemy  count  =  6) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  gray 
  ash-gray 
  charcoal-gray 
  gray 
  gray-haired 
  gray-headed 
  grayed 
  grayish 
  iron-gray 
  oxford-gray 
  slate-gray 
  stone-gray 
 
  Overview  of  adj  gray 
 
  The  adj  gray  has  6  senses  (first  4  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (39)  gray,  grey,  grayish,  greyish  --  (an  achromatic  color  of  any  lightness  between  the  extremes  of  black  and  white;  "gray  flannel  suit";  "hair  just  turning  gray") 
  2.  (6)  gray,  grey,  gray-haired,  grey-haired,  gray-headed,  grey-headed,  hoar,  hoary,  white-haired  --  (showing  characteristics  of  age,  especially  having  gray  or  white  hair;  "whose  beard  with  age  is  hoar"-Coleridge;  "nodded  his  hoary  head") 
  3.  (4)  dull,  gray,  grey,  leaden  --  (darkened  with  overcast;  "a  dark  day";  "a  dull  sky";  "a  gray  rainy  afternoon";  "gray  clouds";  "the  sky  was  leaden  and  thick") 
  4.  (3)  gray,  grey  --  (used  to  signify  the  Confederate  forces  in  the  Civil  War  (who  wore  gray  uniforms);  "a  stalwart  gray  figure") 
  5.  gray  --  (clothed  in  gray  or  a  gray  costume;  "Gray  Ladies  are  volunteer  workers  in  the  American  Red  Cross";  "the  Gray  Friars  are  Franciscan  friars  who  traditionally  wear  gray  habits") 
  6.  gray,  grey  --  (intermediate  in  character  or  position;  "a  gray  area  between  clearly  legal  and  strictly  illegal") 



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