yellow

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yellow
ˈjɛləʊ Listen
Meanings
adjective
  • of the colour between green and orange in the spectrum, a primary subtractive colour complementary to blue; coloured like ripe lemons or egg yolks.
    E.g. curly yellow hair
  • not brave; cowardly.
    E.g. he'd better get back there quick and prove he's not yellow
  • (of a style of writing, especially in journalism) lurid and sensational.
    E.g. he based his judgement on headlines and yellow journalism
noun
  • yellow colour or pigment.
    E.g. the craft detonated in a blaze of red and yellow
  • a yellow ball or piece in a game or sport, especially the yellow ball in snooker.
    E.g. he missed an easy yellow in frame four
  • used in names of moths or butterflies that are mainly yellow in colour.
  • any of a number of plant diseases in which the leaves turn yellow, typically caused by viruses and transmitted by insects.
verb
  • become yellow, especially with age.
    E.g. the cream paint was beginning to yellow

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