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greyed

greyed is the simple past and past participle of grey.

Meaning of grey

Verb

grey (third-person singular simple present greys, present participle greying, simple past and past participle greyed)

  1. Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.
    • Now only a few hand-hewn cedar planks and roof beams remained, moss-grown and sagging—a few totem poles, greyed and split.1941, Emily Carr, chapter 18, in Klee Wyck

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Words formed from greyed

Phrases with greyed

Questions about greyed

What is greyed the simple past and past participle of?
Greyed is the simple past and past participle of grey.

Words near greyed in the dictionary

  1. greyboard
  2. greybodies
  3. greybody
  4. greycing
  5. greycoat
  6. greyed
  7. greyed out
  8. greyen
  9. greyened
  10. greyening
  11. greyens

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Adapted from Wiktionary: greyed (page history and authors); grey (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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