greyenとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From grey +‎ -en.

動詞

greyen (三人称単数 現在形 greyens, 現在分詞 greyening, 過去形および過去分詞形 greyened)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become grey
   • 1935, Samuel Beckett, Watt:

     […] he sometimes saw, between him and the ground, lightening the darkness, greyening the leaves and, in wet weather, tinseling the rain, a fascia of white light.

   • 1935, Samuel Beckett, Watt:

     So Watt busied himself a little while, covering the lamp, less and less, more and more, with his hat, watching the ashes greyen, redden, greyen, redden, in the grate, of the range.