Past tense of gray; became gray in color, especially of hair turning gray with age.
Past tense of the verb gray, formed by adding -ed. Gray as a verb means to turn or become gray, and this form indicates an action that happened in the past.
It's fascinating that we use the same word 'gray' for both the color AND the process of getting that color—English uses this verb form to capture aging in just one word!
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