gray

«gray» in Mova's school dictionary: the colour between black and white, like ash or rain clouds — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (gray, grayer, grayest — US spelling; UK grey); noun (gray); verb (gray, grays, grayed, graying — of hair)

meaning for a pupil

1) Gray is the colour between black and white, like ash or rain clouds. tree →

2) Gray describes dull, cloudy weather or a dull, boring feeling. tree →

3) To gray (of hair) means to turn gray with age. tree →

4) A gray area is something not clearly right or wrong. tree →

sense in the lessons

In art lessons gray is made by mixing black and white. In stories gray skies set a gloomy mood. Phrases: «gray hair», «gray area», «gray matter» (the brain).

examples

• The sky was gray and it started to rain. tree →
• Mix black and white to make gray. tree →
• Grandpa's hair is turning gray. tree →
• An elephant is gray. tree →
• Use your gray matter — think! tree →
• Whether that is cheating is a gray area. tree →
• It was so gray and old. tree →

note

US spelling is gray; UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ and Canada usually write grey. Both are correct. Do not mix with «great».

In the corpora

• With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than thy father.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «gray» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.