Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: gray
IPA transcription: [ɡɹ'eɪ]
Pronunciations of gray
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: grey, gray, greyish, grayish
    Meaning: of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black; "the little grey cells"; "gray flannel suit"; "a man with greyish hair"
  • Synonyms: grey, gray, grey-haired, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired
    Meaning: showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head"
  • Synonyms: grey, gray
    Meaning: used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms); "a stalwart grey figure"
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: gray, grayness, grey, greyness
    Meaning: a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
  • Synonyms: grey, gray
    Meaning: clothing that is a grey color; "he was dressed in grey"
  • Synonyms: grey, gray
    Meaning: any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey; "the Confederate army was a vast grey"
  • Synonyms: grey, gray
    Meaning: horse of a light gray or whitish color
Usage examples
  • T. GRAY.
  • Kate called Dr. Gray's office.
  • The men in gray had been invincible.
  • "Israel was Flint's gunner," said Gray hoarsely.
  • Murkison was to meet the gray man at half past 9.
  • They crossed the grinning skull of the gray wolf.
  • He rubbed his eyes, but the gray haze would not go.
  • Only in front of it rose an arch of dirt-encrusted gray.
  • It would be hard to tell blue and gray apart on such a night."
  • I am gray, I admit, but I haven't felt as well in a dozen years.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Helen Gandy, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Cat, License CC BY-SA 4.0