SpellRight › Spelling
Moderategrey
The correct spelling is grey.
How to pronounce grey
/ɡɹeɪ/
adjectiveIPA: /ɡɹeɪ/
Say it like: Gree
The correct spelling is grey. Having a color. For example: "Wash colored items separately from whites and darks to prevent the colors from bleeding."
Usage Examples
“Wash colored items separately from whites and darks to prevent the colors from bleeding.”
“The room was red, with a dark-colored rug.”
“The singer wore a colored shirt.”
Meanings
adjective
- 1.Having a color.
- 2.Having a particular color or kind of color.
- 3.Having prominent colors; colorful.
- 4.Influenced pervasively but subtly.
- 5.Of skin color other than white; in particular, black.
noun
- 1.An achromatic colour intermediate between black and white.
- 2.An animal or thing of grey colour, such as a horse, badger, or salmon.
- 3.An extraterrestrial humanoid with greyish skin, bulbous black eyes, and an enlarged head.
verb
- 1.To become grey.
- 2.To cause to become grey.
- 3.To turn progressively older, in the context of the population of a geographic region.
- 4.To give a soft effect to (a photograph) by covering the negative while printing with a ground-glass plate.
Similar words
Words related in meaning — check their spelling too.