Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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hoary | No | Yes | No | No |
gray | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
hoary (noun) | gray (noun) |
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horse of a light gray or whitish color | |
clothing that is a grey color | |
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black | |
any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey | |
the SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad |
hoary (adjective) | gray (adjective) |
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covered with fine whitish hairs or down | of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black |
ancient | intermediate in character or position |
showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair | showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair |
used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms) |
hoary (verb) | gray (verb) |
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turn grey | |
make grey |