greys

noun

  1. 1

    An achromatic colour intermediate between black and white.

  2. 2

    An animal or thing of grey colour, such as a horse, badger, or salmon.

  3. 3

    An extraterrestrial humanoid with greyish skin, bulbous black eyes, and an enlarged head.

verb

  1. 1

    To become grey.

    “My hair is beginning to grey.”
  2. 2

    To cause to become grey.

  3. 3

    To turn progressively older, in the context of the population of a geographic region.

    “the greying of Europe”
  4. 4

    To give a soft effect to (a photograph) by covering the negative while printing with a ground-glass plate.

noun

  1. 1

    Grey trousers and/or jackets worn by prisoners on relatively formal occasions.

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