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Meanings of greyed in English

Deprived of color.

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        Examples for "dulled"
        1
        Recent price strength has dulled Asian demand, one Hong Kong-based trader said.
        Reuters
        2
        Habit has dulled our perception of the absurd anti-climax involved in it.
        By the Christmas Fire
        3
        He grew distantly aware of Dua again, and deliberately dulled the sense.
        The Gods Themselves
        4
        Together, they dulled the ache that had pierced his breast since birth.
        Jitterbug Perfume
        5
        The name seemed to catch the dulled ear of the delirious man.
        A Terrible Secret: A Novel
        Usage of greyed in English
        1
        Tom was three inches taller, and well-greyed was the long, Viking moustache.
        The Turtles of Tasman
        2
        The wood greyed and splintered at her touch, spiderwebs crazing the varnish.
        The bone palace
        3
        The sky became greyed save where over the land sunset colors were assembling.
        Men, Women, and Boats
        4
        Sid had greyed a bit, and Lhassa Villa hadn't weathered too well either.
        The mandala of sherlock holmes: the missing years
        5
        Her vision greyed; the air in her lungs thickened and burned.
        The bone palace
        6
        She was thinner than he remembered too, her hair greyed and cut short.
        The Long War
        7
        His hair looked dried up and was strongly greyed; it had once been almost black.
        The Workingman's Paradise: An Australian Labour Novel
        8
        It wasn't old, that much he was certain of; bones yellowed or greyed with age.
        Assail
        9
        The last rind of sun slipped behind the mountains, and the light cooled and greyed.
        The bone palace
        10
        The scale greyed slightly with ash, but no penetration.
        Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony
        11
        His face greyed, and deep lines furrowed his brow.
        Mistress Wilding
        12
        The last 'Doreen' straggled scarlet across a black and twisting page, whitened, greyed and disappeared.
        Men of Affairs
        13
        The light cooled and greyed again, and they had little enough of it to waste.
        The bone palace
        14
        His tan had faded, and his hair had greyed.
        The Guardian
        15
        Ciaran's lips on her nape startled her awake as the world greyed around the edges.
        The bone palace
        16
        Concerns over Mexico's budget and economy have also greyed the skies of the former market darling.
        Reuters
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        Greyed through the time