Meaning
3 senses(US, ergative)To turn gray.
My hair is beginning to gray.
turn grey
(US, slang)To turn progressively older, alluding to graying of hair through aging (used in context of the population of a geographic region)
the graying of America
ergrauen, grau werden
сере́тьserétʹ, седе́тьsedétʹ
сивітиsyvity, посивітиposyvity
(US, transitive)To give a soft effect to (a photograph) by covering the negative while printing with a ground-glass plate.
Examples
260 sentencesTom is wearing a gray suit and a red tie.
На Томі сірий костюм та червона краватка. — deniko
ruНа Томе серый костюм с красным галстуком. — kurzawhile
He had gray hair.
У нього було сиве волосся. — brambury
ruУ него были седые волосы. — afyodor
deEr hatte graues Haar. — Hans_Adler
The sky was gray.
Небо було сіре. — deniko
ruНебо было серым. — Selena777
deDer Himmel war grau. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom has gray hair.
Том має сиве волосся. — Ahha
ruТом седой. — Wezel
deTom hat graues Haar. — dasbeispielholz
Does Tom have gray hair?
У Тома сиве волосся? — deniko
ruУ Тома седые волосы? — marafon
deHat Tom graue Haare? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
9 languagesOrigin
From Middle English gray, from Old English grǣġ (West Saxon). The spelling gray reflects tFrom Middle English gray, from Old English grǣġ (West Saxon). The spelling gray reflects the West Saxon vowel development, whereas the variant grey stems from the Anglian form grēġ (through Middle English grey). Further derived from Proto-West Germanic *grāu, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁- (“to green, to grow”).
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Forms
grays, graying, grayed, grayedSynonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
6 patterns- wearing a gray
- gray hair
- a gray suit
- has gray hair
- turned gray
- gray suit