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Yellow
ˈjɛləʊ
Yellow definitions
adjective
yellow
yellower
yellowest
- of the colour between green and orange in the spectrum, a primary subtractive colour complementary to blue; coloured like ripe lemons or egg yolks
"a yellow dress"
- having or regarded as having naturally yellowish or olive skin (as used to describe Chinese or Japanese people)
- denoting a warning of danger which is thought to be near but not actually imminent
"he put Camp Visoko on yellow alert"
- not brave; cowardly
"he'd better get back there quick and prove he's not yellow"
cowardly lily-livered faint-hearted chicken-hearted pigeon-hearted craven spiritless spineless timid timorous fearful trembling quaking shrinking cowering afraid of one's own shadow pusillanimous weak feeble soft- showing jealousy or suspicion
- (of a style of writing, especially in journalism) lurid and sensational
"he based his judgement on headlines and yellow journalism"
noun
yellow
yellows
- yellow colour or pigment
"the craft detonated in a blaze of red and yellow"
- yellow clothes or material
"everyone dresses in yellow"
- a yellow ball or piece in a game or sport, especially the yellow ball in snooker
"he missed an easy yellow in frame four"
- used in names of moths or butterflies that are mainly yellow in colour
- a butterfly related to the brimstones and sulphurs (Eurema, Colias, and other genera, family Pieridae) See also clouded yellow
- a small European moth (several species in the family Geometridae)
- any of a number of plant diseases in which the leaves turn yellow, typically caused by viruses and transmitted by insects
verb
yellow
yellowed
yellowing
yellows
- become yellow, especially with age
"the cream paint was beginning to yellow"