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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. |
adjective + (n.)yellow
bright, pale
noun + (n.)yellow
blue, cadmium, color, lemon, pink, red, white
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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 |
adverb + (adj.)yellow
finely
(adj.)yellow
+ noun
banana,
bead,
bean,
bell,
bloom,
blossom,
brick,
bus,
butterfly,
cab,
cake,
calf,
cap,
cloth,
coat,
corn,
cornmeal,
daisy,
diamond,
dot,
dress,
dust,
envelope,
epidemic,
feather,
fever,
flag,
flame,
flesh,
flower,
fruit,
glove,
glow,
gold,
grass,
hair,
hat,
hue,
jacket,
journalism,
lab,
lamp,
leaf,
light,
mix,
mustard,
ochre,
onion,
pad,
page,
paint,
paper,
pencil,
pepper,
perch,
petal,
pine,
plastic,
revision,
ribbon,
robe,
rose,
scarf,
sheet,
shirt,
silk,
skin,
skirt,
slicker,
squash,
streak,
stripe,
submarine,
suit,
sunlight,
sweater,
tablespoon,
tape,
teaspoon,
tie,
tomato,
tooth,
umbrella
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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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