grey

an achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white

• “gray flannel suit”
• “hair just turning gray”

showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair

• “whose beard with age is hoar” Coleridge
• “nodded his hoary head”

used to signify the Confederate forces in the Civil War (who wore gray uniforms)

• “a stalwart gray figure”

intermediate in character or position

• “a gray area between clearly legal and strictly illegal”

darkened with overcast

• “a dark day”
• “a dull sky”
• “a gray rainy afternoon”
• “gray clouds”
• “the sky was leaden and thick”

United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)

Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554)

Englishman who as Prime minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845)

any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are gray

• “the Confederate army was a vast gray”

a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black

gray clothing

• “he was dressed in gray”

make gray

• “The painter decided to grey the sky”

turn gray

• “Her hair began to gray”