yellow

adjective

/ˈjeləʊ/

(comparative yellower, superlative yellowest)

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having the colour of lemons or butter
- pale yellow flowers
- a bright yellow waterproof jacket
- Her teeth were rather yellow.
- She wore a pale yellow dress.
- The leaves turn yellow in November.
Topics Colours and Shapesa1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- creamy
- dirty
- sickly
- …
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(taboo) an offensive word used to describe the light brown skin of people from some East Asian countries
(informal, disapproving) easily frightened synonym cowardly

Word OriginOld English geolu, geolo, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch geel and German gelb, also to gold.

noun

/ˈjeləʊ/

[uncountable, countable]

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verb

/ˈjeləʊ/

[intransitive, transitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they yellow	/ˈjeləʊ/ /ˈjeləʊ/
he / she / it yellows	/ˈjeləʊz/ /ˈjeləʊz/
past simple yellowed	/ˈjeləʊd/ /ˈjeləʊd/
past participle yellowed	/ˈjeləʊd/ /ˈjeləʊd/
-ing form yellowing	/ˈjeləʊɪŋ/ /ˈjeləʊɪŋ/

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to become yellow; to make something become yellow
- The cream paint was beginning to yellow.
- be yellowed (with something) The paper was yellowed with age.
Word OriginOld English geolu, geolo, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch geel and German gelb, also to gold.

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