gray
/ɡɹeɪ/ verb C2- To turn gray. · My hair is beginning to gray.
- To turn progressively older, alluding to graying of hair through aging (used in context of the population of a geographic region) · the graying of America
- To give a soft effect to (a photograph) by covering the negative while printing with a ground-glass plate.
He/she/it grays · Past grayed · Past participle grayed · -ing form graying
Verb forms
- Base form
- gray
- He/she/it
- grays
- Past
- grayed
- Past participle
- grayed
- -ing form
- graying
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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It was a remarkable face, bold gray eyes, a strong, short-clipped, grizzled moustache, a square, projecting chin, and a humorous mouth.
“He was dressed in a heavy gray suit with a reefer jacket, and he wore a short yellow overcoat and a soft cap.”
A little way off was a small brook, rushing and sparkling along between green banks, and murmuring in a voice very grateful to a little girl who had lived so long on the dry, gray prairies.
Finally he unravelled a bundle of clothing, comprising a complete set of underclothes, socks, a gray tweed suit, and a short yellow overcoat.
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