grey

grey
1 usually gray AmE /greI/ adjective
1 COLOUR having a colour of black mixed with white, like the colour of ash: an old lady with grey hair | a grey sky
2 HAIR having grey hair: go grey: My brother went grey in his forties.
3 FACE looking pale because you are tired, frightened, or ill: Noel's face was gray with fatigue.
4 BORING boring and unattractive; gloomy: the grey anonymous men in government offices
5 OF OLD PEOPLE BrE connected with old people: the grey vote
6 grey area an area of law or science that cannot be dealt with in a definite way because it is outside those areas that have clear rules and limits
2 usually gray AmE noun (C, U) the colour of smoke and rain clouds: dull greys and browns 3 usually gray AmE verb (I) if someone greys, their hair becomes grey: Jim's beginning to gray at the temples.

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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