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
