Grey (Verb)
Meaning 1
Make grey; "The painter decided to grey the sky".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The artist chose to grey the walls to create a neutral atmosphere for the exhibition.
- The effect of the smoke in the air began to grey the once-vibrant colours of the mural.
- The photographer greyed the background of the portrait to focus attention on the model's face.
- The film director decided to grey the skin tones in the zombie scenes to add a sense of undead realism.
- The editor's instructions were to grey any copyrighted images in the document to avoid legal issues.
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Meaning 2
Turn grey; "Her hair began to grey".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- His distinguished look was becoming more noticeable as his temples began to grey.
- Years of stress at work had caused her once dark locks to start to grey.
- With age, her beautiful raven hair slowly began to grey and thin.
- Smoking had caused his once luscious black beard to grey prematurely.
- The formerly black mustang's coat was starting to grey around its muzzle.