gray-headed

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Adjective gray-headed has 1 sense

gray, grey, gray-haired, grey-haired, gray-headed, grey-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired - showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head"
Antonyms: young, immature (indirect, via old)

Definitions from the Web

gray-headed

Adjective

1. Having gray hair, especially as a sign of old age.

Example sentences:

My grandfather is a wise and respected gray-headed man.
The gray-headed professor has been teaching for over four decades.

Noun

1. (usually plural) A small, usually reddish or grayish egret (Ardea candidissima) native to the Old World tropics.

Example sentences:

The gray-headed egrets were gracefully wading in the shallow water.
We were lucky to spot a flock of gray-headed herons during the birdwatching trip.

Verb

1. (past participle of "grayhead") To cause something to become gray or grayish.

Example sentences:

The years of hard work gray-headed his hair prematurely.
The weathering process gray-headed the statue's once bright color.

Note: "grayhead" is a fictional verb created for illustrative purposes.

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