Yellow Meaning and Definition

Word: Yellow

How to pronounce: ˈjeləʊ

Adjective

Definitions:

1. Of the color between green and orange in the spectrum, a primary subtractive color complementary to blue; colored like ripe lemons or egg yolks.

Example sentences: "Curly yellow hair"

2. Cowardly.

3. (of a book or newspaper) unscrupulously sensational.

Example sentences: "He based his judgment on headlines and yellow journalism"

Noun

Definitions:

1. Yellow color or pigment.

Example sentences: "The craft detonated in a blaze of red and yellow"

2. Any of a number of plant diseases in which the leaves turn yellow, typically caused by viruses and transmitted by insects.

Example sentences: "Their research indicates that aster yellows are the primary disease concern."

Intransitive verb

Definitions:

1. Become yellow, especially with age.

Example sentences: "The cream paint was beginning to yellow"

Synonyms:

amber

cowardly

poltroon

Derivations:

yellowish

yellowy

yellowing

yellowed

yellowness

yellowback

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Yellow in Other Languages...

Spanish: Amarillo

German: Gelb

French: Jaune

Italian: Giallo

Turkish: Sarımsı