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Definitions for Graying

[1] of a color between white and black; having a neutral hue.
[2] dark, dismal, or gloomy: gray skies.
[3] dull, dreary, or monotonous.
[4] having gray hair; gray-headed.
[5] pertaining to old age; mature.
[6] Informal . pertaining to, involving, or composed of older persons: gray households.
[7] old or ancient.
[8] indeterminate and intermediate in character: The tax audit concentrated on deductions in the gray area between purely personal and purely business expenses.
[9] any achromatic color; any color with zero chroma, intermediate between white and black.
[10] something of this color.
[11] gray material or clothing: to dress in gray.
[12] an unbleached and undyed condition.
[13] (often initial capital letter ) a member of the Confederate army in the American Civil War or the army itself. Compare blue(def 5) .
[14] a horse of a gray color.
[15] a horse that appears white but is not an albino.
[16] to make or become gray.
[17] a variant spelling (now esp US) of grey
[18] the derived SI unit of absorbed ionizing radiation dose or kerma equivalent to an absorption per unit mass of one joule per kilogram of irradiated material. 1 gray is equivalent to 100 rads Symbol: Gy
[19] Thomas. 1716–71, English poet, best known for his Elegy written in a Country Churchyard (1751)

Words related to Graying

grayblind, dim, darken, confuse, disguise, mask, muddy, overshadow, cover, camouflage, shroud, belie, blur, eclipse, misrepresent, veil, cloud, shield, mute, conceal

Words nearby Graying

graygravure, gravy, gravy boat, gravy train, gravy train, ride the, gray, gray area, gray birch, gray body, gray card, gray cataract

Origin of Graying

1before 900; Middle English; Old English grǣg; cognate with German grau

Other words from Graying

gray·ly , adverb
gray·ness , noun
un·grayed , adjective

Word origin for Graying

C20: named after Louis Harold Gray (1905–65), English physicist

Synonyms for Graying

frosty, gray-haired, salt and pepper, silvery, snowy-haired, white-haired, whitish