yel·low  /ˈyɛloʊ/

noun

1. yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons

synset: yellow, yellowness

verb

1. turn yellow; "The pages of the book began to yellow"

synset: yellow

adj

1. of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk

synset: yellow, yellowish, xanthous

2. easily frightened

synset: chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied

3. changed to a yellowish color by age; "yellowed parchment"

synset: yellow, yellowed

4. typical of tabloids; "sensational journalistic reportage of the scandal"; "yellow press"

synset: scandalmongering, sensationalistic, yellow

5. cowardly or treacherous; "the little yellow stain of treason"-M.W.Straight; "too yellow to stand and fight"

synset: yellow

6. affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc

synset: jaundiced, icteric, yellow

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