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yellow
adjective(yel-low)of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
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noun(yel-low)yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
Synonyms: yellowness,
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adjective(yel-low)typical of tabloids
Synonyms: scandalmongering, sensationalistic,
Examples:
Yellow press.
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adjective(yel-low)easily frightened
Synonyms: chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow-bellied,
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adjective(yel-low)affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc
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adjective(yel-low)changed to a yellowish color by age
Synonyms: yellowed,
Examples:
Yellowed parchment.
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adjective(yel-low)cowardly or treacherous
Examples:
The little yellow stain of treason.
Too yellow to stand and fight.
Too yellow to stand and fight.
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verb(yel-low)turn yellow
Examples:
The pages of the book began to yellow.