Dictionary definition · yellow
noun
- yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
verb
- turn yellow"The pages of the book began to yellow"
adjective
- of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
- easily frightened
- changed to a yellowish color by age"yellowed parchment"
- typical of tabloids"sensational journalistic reportage of the scandal"
- cowardly or treacherous"the little yellow stain of treason"
- affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).