gray - Meaning in Marathi

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gray - Meaning in Marathi

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Definitions and Meaning of gray in English

gray adjective

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

   Synonyms

   grayish, grey, grey, greyish

   करडा, निराशाजनक

   Examples

   • "a man with greyish hair"
   • "gray flannel suit"
   • "the little grey cells"
2. intermediate in character or position

   Synonyms

   grey, grey

   करडा, ...Subscribe

   Example

   • "a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal"
3. used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)

   Synonyms

   grey, grey

   Example

   • "a stalwart grey figure"
4. showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair

   Synonyms

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

   Examples

   • "nodded his hoary head"
   • "whose beard with age is hoar"

Gray noun

1. United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888)

   Synonyms

   Asa Gray, Gray, Gray

2. American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806)

   Synonyms

   Gray, Gray, Robert Gray

3. English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771)

   Synonyms

   Gray, Gray, Thomas Gray

4. English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965)

   Synonyms

   Gray, Gray, Louis Harold Gray

gray noun

1. horse of a light gray or whitish color

   Synonyms

   grey, grey

2. clothing that is a grey color

   Synonyms

   grey, grey

   Example

   • "he was dressed in grey"
3. a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black

   Synonyms

   grayness, grey, grey, greyness

4. any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey

   Synonyms

   grey, grey

   Example

   • "the Confederate army was a vast grey"
5. the SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad

   Synonyms

   Gy, Gy, Gy

gray verb

1. turn grey

   Synonyms

   grey, grey

   Example

   • "Her hair began to grey"
2. make grey

   Synonyms

   grey, grey

   Example

   • "The painter decided to grey the sky"

Synonyms of gray

• grey
• grey
• grayness, grey, greyness
• grey
• asa gray
• robert gray
• thomas gray
• louis harold gray
• gy
• grey
• grey
• grayish, grey, greyish
• grey
• grey
• gray-haired, gray-headed, grey, grey-haired, grey-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired

Description

Grey or Gray is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning literally that it is "without color", because it can be composed of black and white. It is the color of a cloud-covered sky, of ash, and of lead.

Also see "Grey" on Wikipedia

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