greyen

G2R1E1Y4E1N1

verb

To make or become grey

Scrabble 10

Meanings

verbgreyen (third-person singular simple present greyens, present participle greyening, simple past and past participle greyened)

present singular third person greyens · participle present greyening · participle past greyened · past greyened · alternative grayen

  1. ambitransitiveTo make or become grey

    […] he sometimes saw, between him and the ground, lightening the darkness, greyening the leaves and, in wet weather, tinseling the rain, a fascia of white light.

    1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC
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    So Watt busied himself a little while, covering the lamp, less and less, more and more, with his hat, watching the ashes greyen, redden, greyen, redden, in the grate, of the range.

    1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC

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