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grey matter

noun

Definitions

  1. Brains

    Brains; a person's ability to think.

    • "I'd better be putting my grey matter into that algebra instead of wasting it plotting for a party dress that I certainly can't get."
    • "Inspector Pepys!" gasped Bernard Megger, swallowing between the words, "I shall remember you!" "You will be wasting grey matter!" replied the man.
    • How many phone numbers are stored in your grey matter?

  2. Literal brains as a general substance.

    • He fell from the 5th floor. There is grey matter on the path behind his head. I'm afraid he's dead.

  3. A collection of cell bodies and (usually) dendritic connections, in contrast to white…

    A collection of cell bodies and (usually) dendritic connections, in contrast to white matter.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for grey matter. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA