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traffic Noun

— Traffic is the things that move along a path, especially cars on a road. Traffic is slow at rush hour. On holiday weekends there are traffic jams that stretch for miles. He turned quickly, nearly getting hit by oncoming traffic. Almost half of all traffic accidents are alcohol-related. Why does it take the traffic lights so long to turn green? As the amount of traffic on the Internet increases, there are more and more problems. — Traffic is the buying and selling of goods, especially illegal goods. Governments are working to prevent the abduction and sale of, or traffic in children.

traffic Verb

— If you traffic in certain goods, you buy and sell them, especially illegally. They were arrested for trafficking in stolen goods.

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grey

— adjective (= gray, greyish, grayish) of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black the little grey cells gray flannel suit a man with greyish hair — adjective (= gray) used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms) a stalwart grey figure — adjective (= gray, hoar, hoary) showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair whose beard with age is hoar — Coleridge nodded his hoary head — adjective (= gray) intermediate in character or position a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal — verb (= gray) turn grey Her hair began to grey — verb (= gray) make grey The painter decided to grey the sky — noun (= gray) any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey the Confederate army was a vast grey — noun (= gray) horse of a light gray or whitish color — noun (= gray) clothing that is a grey color he was dressed in grey — noun (= gray) a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black

Grey

— noun Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845) — noun Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554) — noun United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)

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b Noun

— B is the second letter of the alphabet. "b" comes after "a" but before "c" — In some schools, a B is a fairly high grade. Charles got a B in his maths test.

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