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yel·low
 yellow
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- pronunciation:
- ye
lo
- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective, transitive verb & intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, adjective), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the color of an egg yolk or ripe lemon; the color between orange and green on the spectrum.
- similar words:
- buff, canary, citron, gold, lemon, mustard, ocher, saffron, straw color
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| definition 2: |
something that is yellow in color.
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| definition 3: |
someone who wears the color yellow or a group identified by this color.
The yellows play the reds today. |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
yellower, yellowest |
| definition 1: |
of or pertaining to the color yellow.
- similar words:
- buff, flaxen, gold, lemon, sandy, xanthic, xanthous
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| definition 2: |
pertaining to people with yellowish skin, esp. Asians.
- similar words:
- jaundiced, sallow, xanthous
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| definition 3: |
cowardly.
- synonyms:
- chicken, cowardly, craven, pusillanimous
- similar words:
- afraid, chicken-hearted, fainthearted, fearful, lily-livered, pigeon-hearted, timid, timorous, unmanly, weak-kneed
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| related words: |
dastardly, spineless, warm |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb & intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
yellows, yellowing, yellowed |
| definition: |
to make or become yellow.
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| derivations: |
yellowish (adj.), yellowy (adj.), yellowness (n.) |
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