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yellow
adjective
- of the color of gold, butter, or ripe lemons
- changed to a yellowish color as by age, as old paper
- having a yellowish pigmentation of the skin
- ☆ Informal cowardly; craven
- ☆ cheaply sensational: said of certain newspapers
noun
- a yellow color; color lying between orange and green in the color spectrum
- a pigment or dye that is yellow or capable of producing yellow
- the yolk of an egg
- any of several fungous or viral diseases of plants, causing yellowing of the leaves, stunting of growth, etc.
- jaundice, esp. in farm animals
transitive verb, intransitive verb
to make or become yellow
Related Forms:
- yellowness noun
See yellow in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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