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  • 41grey —    1. (of merchandise)    branded and authentic but sold at below the manufacturers stated price    Especially of luxury goods and clothing where the manufacturer seeks to maintain higher prices in an affluent country than can be charged… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 42grey — 1 usually gray AmE /greI/ adjective 1 COLOUR having a colour of black mixed with white, like the colour of ash: an old lady with grey hair | a grey sky 2 HAIR having grey hair: go grey: My brother went grey in his forties. 3 FACE looking pale… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 43grey — (esp. BrE) (AmE usually gray) adj., noun 1 colour/color ADVERB ▪ uniformly ▪ very ▪ The sky looks very grey. I think it s going to rain. ▪ quite (esp. BrE) …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 44grey — /greɪ / (say gray) adjective 1. of a colour between white and black, having no definite hue; ash coloured; technically of an achromatic colour. 2. dark, overcast, dismal, gloomy. 3. grey haired. 4. relating to old age. 5. old or ancient. –noun 6 …

  • 45grey — greyly, adv. greyness, n. /gray/, adj., greyer, greyest, n., v.t., v.i. gray1. * * * (as used in expressions) De Grey River Grey Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey Lady Jane Grey Sir Edward 3rd Baronet Grey Zane Pearl Grey * * * …

    Universalium

  • 46Grey — /gray/, n. 1. Charles, 2nd Earl, 1764 1845, British statesman: prime minister 1830 34. 2. Sir Edward (Viscount Fallodon), 1862 1933, British statesman. 3. Sir George, 1812 98, British statesman and colonial administrator: prime minister of New… …

    Universalium

  • 47Grey — /greɪ/ (say gray) noun 1. Charles, 2nd Earl, 1764–1845, British politician; prime minister 1830–34. 2. Sir George, 1812–98, English politician and colonial administrator, born in Portugal; governor of SA 1840–45, governor of NZ 1845–53 and prime… …

  • 48Grey — This ancient name has two possible origins, the first of which is from an Anglo Saxon, Old English nickname for someone with grey hair or a grey beard, derived from the Old English pre 7th Century word graeg , grey. The bearers of the name in… …

    Surnames reference

  • 49grey — (US gray) adjective (greyer, greyest) 1》 of a colour intermediate between black and white, as of ashes or lead. 2》 (of hair) turning grey or white with age.     ↘informal, chiefly N. Amer. relating to old people as a group: grey power. 3》 (of the …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 50grey — {{#}}{{LM G19419}}{{〓}} {{SynG19918}} {{[}}grey{{]}} ‹grey› {{◆}}(pl. greyes){{◇}} {{《}}▍ s.f.{{》}} {{<}}1{{>}} Rebaño o ganado: • El pastor reunía a su grey con ayuda de dos perros.{{○}} {{<}}2{{>}} Conjunto de fieles cristianos agrupados bajo… …

    Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos