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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.

Synonyms

  • Gray

Hypernyms

  • Colorise
  • Colour In
  • Colourise
  • Colourize
  • Colour
  • Colorize
  • Color In

Related Words

  • Grey (noun)

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.

Synonyms

  • Gray

Hypernyms

  • Color
  • Discolour
  • Colour

Related Words

  • Grey (noun)
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