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YELLOW
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("yellow" is a kind of...):
chromatic color; chromatic colour; spectral color; spectral colour (a color that has hue)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "yellow"):
canary; canary yellow (a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge)
amber; gold (a deep yellow color)
brownish yellow (a yellow color of low lightness with a brownish tinge)
gamboge; lemon; lemon yellow; maize (a strong yellow color)
old gold (a dark yellow)
orange yellow; saffron (a shade of yellow tinged with orange)
pale yellow; straw; wheat (a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white)
greenish yellow (a shade of yellow tinged with green)
Derivation:
yellow (turn yellow)
yellow (of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Easily frightened
Synonyms:
chicken; chickenhearted; lily-livered; white-livered; yellow; yellow-bellied
Classified under:
Similar:
cowardly; fearful (lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)
Derivation:
yellow; yellowness (yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unhealthy (not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Cowardly or treacherous
Example:
too yellow to stand and fight
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
dishonorable; dishonourable (lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Changed to a yellowish color by age
Example:
yellowed parchment
Synonyms:
yellow; yellowed
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
old (of long duration; not new)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Typical of tabloids
Example:
yellow press
Synonyms:
scandalmongering; sensationalistic; yellow
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
sensational (causing intense interest, curiosity, or emotion)
III. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they yellow ... he / she / it yellows
Past simple: yellowed
Past participle: yellowed
-ing form: yellowing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Turn yellow
Example:
The pages of the book began to yellow
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "yellow" is one way to...):
color; colour; discolor; discolour (change color, often in an undesired manner)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
yellow (yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons)
Context examples:
As he held out his hand to Holmes, I perceived that it was also stained with yellow nicotine.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A yellow to brown colored, thick, foul smelling, very toxic oil obtained from the seeds of a tropical plant, Croton Tiglium.
(Croton Oil, NCI Thesaurus)
The fences and houses and bridges were all painted bright red, just as they had been painted yellow in the country of the Winkies and blue in the country of the Munchkins.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
A microscopy acid fast staining method that utilizes auramine O, a bright yellow ketonimine dye, which binds to the mycolic acid in the cell walls of acid fast microorganisms.
(Auramine Staining Method, NCI Thesaurus)
This reagent is yellow in acidic solutions, blue in basic solutions and green in neutral solution.
(Bromthymol Blue, NCI Thesaurus)
The woman was standing in the aperture, the darkness of the hall behind her, the yellow light from my lamp beating upon her eager and beautiful face.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The general name for a group of pigments found in green, yellow, and leafy vegetables, and yellow fruits.
(Carotene, NCI Thesaurus)
Orange or yellow discoloration of the skin caused by excessive deposits of carotene.
(Carotenosis Cutis, NCI Thesaurus)
A soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal.
(Cerumen, NCI Thesaurus)
A dark orange, yellow pigment that is the product of the breakdown of iron in the blood; it is conjugated in the liver and excreted in the bile.
(Bilirubin, NCI Thesaurus)
