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“Grays” or “Graze”

grays / graze are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

grays g·r·EY·z

  • nouna neutral achromatic color midway between white and black.
  • nounthe SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad.
  • nounEnglish radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965).
  • nounEnglish poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771).
  • nounAmerican navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806).
  • nounUnited States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888).

graze g·r·EY·z

  • nouna superficial abrasion.
  • nounthe act of grazing.
  • verbbreak the skin (of a body part) by scraping.
  • verbscrape gently.
Usage

Examples in context

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“grays”

  • …Thomas Howard, 23rd Earl of Arundel.
  • …Thurrock and Basildon College in Grays, Essex.
  • Category:Homestead Grays players
  • …consecutive title in 1945, the Grays lost in the league's World
  • …Andrew, Holborn, on 9 October 1742.
  • …to Samuel Foster's Miscellanea, London, 1659.
  • …an inappropriate setting for Gray's persistence.
  • Category:Providence Grays (minor league) players
  • …Winter had to go the workhouse.
  • Holy Trinity, Grays Inn Road occupied Bedford Row…

“graze”

  • …the entire group moves to graze.
  • …wrestling team together with Stanley Graze in 1939.
  • …tend to browse more, and graze less than their American relatives,…
  • …deep wound not a superficial graze" and that the vandal had…
  • …local people allowing them to graze sheep and cattle there and…
  • …(1698–1758) was granted permission to graze his livestock as one of…

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