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grey

10 definitions • 10 examples
1
of the colour that is a mixture of black and white, the colour of rain clouds:

Examples:

a grey sky
2
having hair that has become grey or white, usually because of age:

Examples:

go grey He started to go grey in his mid-forties.
turn grey My hair has turned quite grey.
3
used to describe the weather when there are a lot of clouds and little light:

Examples:

Night turned into morning, grey and cold.
4
boring and sad:

Examples:

He saw a grey future stretch ahead of him.
5
the colour that is a mixture of black and white, the colour of rain clouds:

Examples:

She was dressed in grey.
6
If a person or their hair greys, their hair becomes grey or white, usually because of age:

Examples:

I'm greying at the sides.
7
If a group of people is greying, it contains an increasing number of older people:

Examples:

Italy is greying faster than any other European country.
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used to describe an unofficial but not illegal system in which products are bought in a foreign country and sold more cheaply than in the manufacturer's usual distribution system:

Examples:

Grey trade goods
10
used to describe people over about 50, considered as a group:

Examples:

The grey generation are turning their backs on employment and starting their own businesses.

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