grey

grey¹ W2S2 BrE gray AmE [greı] adj

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1¦(colour)¦

2¦(hair)¦

3¦(face)¦

4¦(boring)¦

5¦(weather)¦

6¦(of old people)¦

7 grey area

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1.) ¦(COLOUR)¦

having the colour of dark clouds, neither black nor white

▪ an old lady with grey hair

▪ a grey sky

dark/light grey

▪ dark grey trousers

→↑battleship grey, ↑iron-grey,slate grey at ↑slate¹ (3)

2.) ¦(HAIR)¦

having grey hair

go/turn grey

▪ She was a tall thin woman who had gone grey early.

3.) ¦(FACE)¦

looking pale because you are tired, frightened, or ill

grey with

▪ As he listened, his face went grey with shock.

4.) ¦(BORING)¦

boring and unattractive

≠ ↑colourful

▪ the grey anonymous men in government offices

▪ visions of a grey and empty world

5.) ¦(WEATHER)¦

if the weather is grey, the sky is full of clouds and the sun is not bright

≠ ↑bright

▪ a grey day

6.) ¦(OF OLD PEOPLE)¦ [only before noun]

BrE connected with old people

▪ the grey vote

7.) grey area

used to talk about a situation in which something is not clearly a particular thing, so that people are not sure how to deal with it

▪ people in the grey area between loyalty and opposition to the government

>greyness n [U]

grey ²

grey² n BrE gray AmE

[U and C]

the colour of dark clouds, neither black nor white

▪ Do you have these skirts in grey?

▪ dull greys and browns

grey ³

grey³ v BrE gray AmE [I]

if someone greys, their hair becomes grey

▪ Jim was greying a little at the temples.

▪ a full head of greying hair