Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word gray. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in gray.
Definitions and meaning of gray
gray
Alternative forms
grey(used in the UK)
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishgray, from Old Englishgrǣġ, from Proto-West Germanic*grāu, from Proto-Germanic*grēwaz, from Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰreh₁-(“to green, to grow”).
See also Dutchgrauw, Germangrau, Old Norsegrár); also Latinrāvus(“grey”), Old Church Slavonicзьрѭ(zĭrjǫ, “to see, to glance”), Russianзреть(zretʹ, “to watch, to look at”) (archaic), Lithuanianžeriù(“to shine”).
February 8, 1800, Fisher Ames, Eulogy on Washington
Gray experience listened to his counsels with respect, and, at a time when youth is almost privileged to be rash, Virginia committed the safety of her frontier, and ultimately the safety of America, not merely to his valor,—for that would be scarcely praise,—but to his prudence.
Usage notes
In the early 20th century, an attempt was made to introduce an artificial distinction between gray and grey, with the former being used for a "mixture of white and blue", but the latter being used for a "mixture made by white and black"; this has not been generally adopted.
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Verb
gray (third-person singular simple presentgrays, present participlegraying, simple past and past participlegrayed)
To become gray.
To cause to become gray.
(demography, slang) To turn progressively older, alluding to graying of hair through aging (used in context of the population of a geographic region)
(transitive, photography) To give a soft effect to (a photograph) by covering the negative while printing with a ground-glass plate.
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Noun
gray (pluralgrays)
An achromatic colour between black and white.
An animal or thing of grey colour, such as a horse, badger, or salmon.
A gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus.
(chiefly US, ufology) an extraterrestrial humanoid with grayish skin, bulbous black eyes, and an enlarged head.
(US, two-up) A penny with a tail on both sides, used for cheating.
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Etymology 2
Named after English physicist Louis Harold Gray (1905–1965).
Noun
gray (pluralgrays)
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of absorbed dose of radiation (radiation absorbed by a patient); one joule of energy absorbed per kilogram of the patient's mass. Symbol: Gy
Coordinate term:rad
Derived terms
kilogray
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Further reading
gray (unit) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Gary, Yarg, gyra, yarg
Czech
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈɡrɛj]
Noun
graym inan
gray(unit of absorbed radiation)
Declension
Further reading
gray in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz
Finnish
Etymology
From Englishgray.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈɡrei̯/, [ˈɡre̞i̯]
Noun
gray
gray (SI unit)
Declension
Further reading
“gray”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɡʁɛj/
Noun
graym (pluralgrays)
gray(SI unit)
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Noun
graym (pluralgrays)
(physics)gray(SI unit of absorbed radiation)
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
grey
Noun
graym (pluralgrays)
(ufology)gray(one of a race of evil, short extraterrestrial beings)