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# grey

adjective (grey, greyer, greyest; US spelling gray); noun (grey); verb (grey — go grey)

«grey» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Grey is a colour between black and white, like the colour of clouds before rain, ash or an elephant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grey/#m1)
2. Grey hair is the white or silver hair of older people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grey/#m2)
3. A grey day is dull and cloudy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grey/#m3)
4. A grey area is something not clearly right or wrong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grey/#m4)

### In the lessons

In school maths: a colour used to sort things; others = total − grey. In art: mixing black and white makes grey. In everyday life: grey skies, grey school uniform, a grey squirrel, Grandpa's grey hair. Phrases: «grey hair», «go grey», «grey sky», «grey area».

### Examples

- There are 4 grey cats and 3 white cats. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grey/#x1)
- The grey box weighs 5 kg. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grey/#x2)
- How many grey stones are there? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grey/#x3)
- She paints 2 grey walls. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grey/#x4)
- The sky was grey and it started to rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grey/#x5)
- Mix black and white paint to make grey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grey/#x6)
- Grandpa's hair has gone grey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grey/#x7)
- A grey squirrel ran up the tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grey/#x8)
- Little grey ones, little grey ones! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grey/#x9)

### Note

«Grey» (UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland), «gray» (USA) — the same word. Maths: a colour that sorts groups; no clue to the operation.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «grey» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grey/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«grey» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/grey.html) on Mova free.