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greys

Learn how to correctly hyphenate "greys" with detailed syllable breakdown and pronunciation guide.

1 syllable
5 characters
English (US)
1syllable

greys

Hyphenation via the Knuth-Liang algorithm — result not verified against authoritative sources.

Because it is a word with a single syllable, greys is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

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Definitions ofgreys

1noun
  • An achromatic colour intermediate between black and white.
  • An animal or thing of grey colour, such as a horse, badger, or salmon.
  • An extraterrestrial humanoid with greyish skin, bulbous black eyes, and an enlarged head.
1verb
  • To become grey.

    Example: "My hair is beginning to grey."

  • To cause to become grey.
  • To turn progressively older, in the context of the population of a geographic region.

    Example: "the greying of Europe"

  • To give a soft effect to (a photograph) by covering the negative while printing with a ground-glass plate.
1noun
  • Grey trousers and/or jackets worn by prisoners on relatively formal occasions.
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