Topic: HAIR AND BEAUTY
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grey1 S2 W2 British English; gray American English
1 having the colour of dark clouds, neither black nor white : 
an old lady with grey haira grey sky ➔ battleship grey, iron-grey
colour
CCan old lady with grey haira grey sky; ➔ slate grey
at slate1 (3)3 looking pale because you are tired, frightened, or ill
face
4 boring and unattractive [≠ colourful]: the grey anonymous men in government offices visions of a grey and empty world
boring
the grey anonymous men in government officesvisions of a grey and empty world5 if the weather is grey, the sky is full of clouds and the sun is not bright [≠ bright]: a grey day
weather
a grey day6 connected with old people : the grey vote
of old people
SS [only before noun] British Englishthe grey vote7 used to talk about a situation in which something is not clearly a particular thing, so that people are not sure how to deal with it : people in the grey area between loyalty and opposition to the government
grey area
people in the grey area between loyalty and opposition to the government —greyness noun [uncountable]
