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Meaning of greys

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

greys

noun

Definitions

  1. An achromatic colour intermediate between black and white.

  2. An animal or thing of grey colour, such as a horse, badger, or salmon.

  3. An extraterrestrial humanoid with greyish skin, bulbous black eyes, and an enlarged head.

verb

Definitions

  1. To become grey.

    Example: My hair is beginning to grey.

  2. To cause to become grey.

  3. To turn progressively older, in the context of the population of a geographic region.

    Example: the greying of Europe

  4. To give a soft effect to (a photograph) by covering the negative while printing with a ground-glass plate.

noun

Definitions

  1. Grey trousers and/or jackets worn by prisoners on relatively formal occasions.