1. (

• grey ,
• gray ,

) make grey; "The painter decided to grey the sky" ;

2. (

• grey ,
• gray

) turn grey; "Her hair began to grey" ;

1. (

• grey ,
• gray ,
• greyish ,
• grayish

) of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black; "the little grey cells"; "gray flannel suit"; "a man with greyish hair" ;

2. (

• grey ,
• gray ,
• grey-haired ,
• gray-haired ,
• grey-headed ,
• gray-headed ,
• grizzly ,
• hoar ,
• hoary ,
• white-haired

) showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head" ;

3. (

• grey ,
• gray

) used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms); "a stalwart grey figure" ;

4. (

• grey ,
• gray

) intermediate in character or position; "a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal" ;