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yel·low  (yl)

n.

1.

a. The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between orange and green, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 570 to 590 nanometers; any of a group of colors of a hue resembling that of ripe lemons and varying in lightness and saturation; one of the subtractive primaries; one of the psychological primary hues.

b. A pigment or dye having this hue.

c. Something that has this hue.

2. Chiefly Southern U.S. The yolk of an egg.

3. Western U.S. Gold. Used formerly by prospectors.

4. yellows Any of various plant diseases usually caused by fungi of the genus Fusarium or viruses of the genus Chlorogenus and characterized by yellow or yellowish discoloration.

adj. yel·low·er, yel·low·est

1. Of the color yellow.

2.

a. Having a yellow-brown skin color.

b. Offensive Of or being a person of Asian origin.

3. Slang Cowardly.

tr. & intr.v. yel·lowed, yel·low·ing, yel·lows

To make or become yellow: documents that had been yellowed by age; clouds that yellow in the evening light.

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[Middle English yelow, from Old English geolu; see ghel-² in Indo-European roots.]

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yellow·ness n.

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yellow [ˈjɛləʊ]

n

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) any of a group of colours that vary in saturation but have the same hue. They lie in the approximate wavelength range 585-575 nanometres. Yellow is the complementary colour of blue and with cyan and magenta forms a set of primary colours Related adj xanthous

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Dyeing) a pigment or dye of or producing these colours

3. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) yellow cloth or clothing dressed in yellow

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the yolk of an egg

5. (Group Games / Billiards & Snooker) a yellow ball in snooker, etc.

6. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of a group of pieridine butterflies the males of which have yellow or yellowish wings, esp the clouded yellows (Colias spp.) and the brimstone

adj

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) of the colour yellow

2. yellowish in colour or having parts or marks that are yellowish yellow jasmine

3. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) having a yellowish skin; Mongoloid

4. Informal cowardly or afraid

5. (Communication Arts / Journalism & Publishing) offensively sensational, as a cheap newspaper (esp in the phrase yellow press)

vb

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) to make or become yellow See also yellows

[Old English geolu; related to Old Saxon, Old High German gelo, Old Norse gulr, Latin helvus]

yellowish  adj

yellowly  adv

yellowness  n

yellowy  adj

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Yellow 

See Also: COLORS, HAIR

1. Dun-yellow color, a color like that of old lions in the zoo —Harold Brodkey
2. Yellow and solid as lemons —Joyce Cary
3. (Hair) yellow as a dandelion —Anne Sexton
4. (Hair) yellow as a full moon —George Garrett
5. Yellow as a marsh-marigold —Henry Van Dyke
6. Yellow as an old tooth —Howard Spring
7. (Dandelions … ) yellow as butter —Cynthia Ozick
8. (The field is) yellow as egg-bread dough —Randall Jarrell
9. (Hair) yellow as hay —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
10. Yellow as mustard —Edna St. Vincent Millay
11. Yellow as the yolk of eggs —Marcel Proust
12. (Eyes) Yellow like amber —Isaac Bashevis Singer
13. Yellow like moldy linen —Sinclair Lewis
14. Yellow like ripe corn —Dante Gabriel Rossetti

    The point of reference is to the golden hair of the subject of Rossetti’s famous poem, The Blessed Damozel.

15. Yellow like unburnished gold —Honore de Balzac

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	yellow - yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons yellowness chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour - a color that has hue canary yellow, canary - a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge amber, gold - a deep yellow color; "an amber light illuminated the room"; "he admired the gold of her hair" brownish yellow - a yellow color of low lightness with a brownish tinge lemon yellow, maize, gamboge, lemon - 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
Verb	1.	yellow - turn yellow; "The pages of the book began to yellow" discolour, discolor, color, colour - change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"
Adj.	1.	yellow - of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk xanthous, yellowish chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue
	2.	yellow - easily frightened                     chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow-bellied colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech cowardly, fearful - lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley
	3.	yellow - changed to a yellowish color by age; "yellowed parchment" yellowed old - of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money"
	4.	yellow - typical of tabloids; "sensational journalistic reportage of the scandal"; "yellow press" scandalmongering, sensationalistic sensational - causing intense interest, curiosity, or emotion
	5.	yellow - cowardly or treacherous; "the little yellow stain of treason"-M.W.Straight; "too yellow to stand and fight" dishonorable, dishonourable - lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor; "dishonorable in thought and deed"
	6.	yellow - affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc icteric, jaundiced unhealthy - not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers"

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yellow

noun & adjective

lemon, gold, amber, yellowish, yellowy The walls have been painted bright yellow.

adjective

(Informal) cowardly, spineless, gutless, chicken (informal), craven (informal), faint-hearted, yellow-bellied (informal), lily-livered You yellow dogs!

Related words
adjective xanthous

Shades of yellow

almond, amber, beige, bisque, bistre, buff, butternut, canary yellow, champagne, cinnamon, citron, daffodil, eau de nil, ecru, eggshell, gamboge, gold or golden, jasmine, lemon, magnolia, maize, mustard, nankeen, oatmeal, ochre, old gold, primrose, saffron, straw, tea rose, topaz, tortoiseshell

Translations

yellow [ˈjeləʊ]

A. ADJ (yellower (compar) (yellowest (superl)))

1. (in colour) [ribbon, paint, colour] → amarillo; [hair] → rubio; [teeth, fingers] → amarillo, amarillento
to go or turn yellow → volverse or ponerse amarillo, volverse or ponerse amarillento
the fields were yellow with buttercups → los campos estaban amarillos, llenos de ranúnculos
his fingers were yellow with nicotine → tenía los dedos amarillos or amarillentos de la nicotina

2. (by race) → amarillo

3. (= cowardly) → gallina, miedica, cagueta
to have a yellow streak → ser un poco gallina or miedica

B. N

1. (= colour) → amarillo m

2. (= yolk) → yema f

C. VI → volverse amarillo, ponerse amarillo
the paper had yellowed with age → el papel se había vuelto or puesto amarillo con el paso del tiempo
yellowing leaves/pages → hojas fpl amarillentas

D. VT yellowed newspapers → periódicos amarillentos(por el paso del tiempo)
grass verges yellowed by weeks of sunshine → la hierba seca y amarillenta al borde del camino tras semanas de sol

E. CPD yellow belly N → gallina mf, cagueta mf
yellow card N (Ftbl) → tarjeta f amarilla
yellow fever N → fiebre f amarilla
yellow line N → línea f amarilla(de estacionamiento limitado)
a double yellow line → una línea amarilla doble
a single yellow line → una línea amarilla
yellow ochre N → ocre m amarillo
Yellow Pages® NPL (Telec) → páginas fpl amarillas
the yellow peril N → la amenaza amarilla
the yellow press N → la prensa amarilla, la prensa sensacionalista
the Yellow River N → el Río Amarillo
the Yellow Sea N → el Mar Amarillo
yellow wagtail N → lavandera f boyera

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yellow [ˈjɛləʊ]

adj → jaune

n → jaune m

vi → jaunir
yellow card n → carton m jaune
yellow fever n → fièvre f jaune
yellow jersey n → maillot m jaune
yellow line n
single yellow line ligne jaune simple délimitant une zone de stationnement réglementé
double yellow line ligne jaune double délimitant une zone de stationnement interdit
Yellow Pages® npl → pages fpl jaunes
Yellow Sea n
the Yellow Sea → la mer Jaune

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yellow

adj (+er)

→ gelb; yellow hair → strohblondes or gelbblondes Haar; to go or turn yellow → gelb werden; (paper) → vergilben

(inf: = cowardly) → feige

(pej, by race) → gelb

n (= colour) → Gelb nt; (of egg) → Eigelb; (inf, = cowardice) → Feigheit f

vt → gelb färben; the sunlight had yellowed the pages → die Sonne hatte die Seiten vergilben lassen; paper yellowed with age → vor Alter vergilbtes Papier

vi → gelb werden, sich gelb färben; (corn also) → reifen; (pages) → vergilben; the leaves were yellowing → die Blätter färbten sich gelb

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yellow:

yellow-bellied

adj (sl) → feige

yellow-belly

n (inf) → Angsthase m (inf), → Waschlappen m (inf)

yellow brick road

n (fig) → Straße f → des Erfolgs

yellow card

n (Ftbl) → Gelbe Karte

yellow fever

n → Gelbfieber nt

yellow flag

n (Naut) → gelbe Flagge, Quarantäneflagge f

yellowhammer

n (Orn) → Goldammer f

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yellow:

yellow jack

n (Naut) → gelbe Flagge, Quarantäneflagge f

yellow jersey

n (Cycling) → gelbes Trikot

yellow journalism

n → Regenbogenjournalismus m

yellow Labrador

n → Gelber Labrador

yellow legal pad

n → Notizblock m

yellow line

n (Brit) → Halteverbot nt; double yellow → absolutes Halteverbot; to be parked on a (double) yellow → im (absoluten) Halteverbot stehen

yellow metal

n → Münzmetall nt

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yellow:

yellow ochre

adj → ockergelb

Yellow Pages®

n sing the yellow → das Branchenverzeichnis, die Gelben Seiten® pl

yellow peril

n → gelbe Gefahr

yellow press

n (dated Press) → Regenbogenpresse f

Yellow River

n → Gelber Fluss

Yellow Sea

n → Gelbes Meer

yellow wagtail

n → Gelbe Bachstelze f

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yellow [ˈjɛləʊ]

1. adj (-er (comp) (-est (superl)))

a. (colour) → giallo/a
to go or turn yellow (person) → diventare giallo/a (leaf, paper) → ingiallire

b. (fam, pej) (cowardly) → fifone/a

2. n (colour) → giallo; (of an egg) → rosso

3. vi → ingiallire

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yellow

adjectiv / n yellow [ˈjeləu]

(of) the colour of gold, the yolk of an egg etc a yellow dress; yellow sands; Yellow is my favourite colour. geel أصْفَر жълт žlutý, žluť gul gelb, das Gelb κίτρινος, το κίτρινο χρώμα amarillo kollane زرد؛ طلایی keltainen jaune צָהוֹב (צבע) पीला रंग žuto sárga kuning gulur giallo 黄色(の) 노란색의, 황색 geltonas dzeltena krāsa; dzeltens kuning geel gul; gult; eggeplomme (kolor) żółty amarelo galben жёлтый (цвет) žltý; žltá farba rumena barva; rumen žuta boja gul สีเหลือง sarı 黃色的 жовтий زرد màu vàng 黄色的

v

to make or become yellow It was autumn and the leaves were beginning to yellow. vergeel يَصْفَر пожълтявам žloutnout blive gul; gulne (sich) gelb färben κιτρινίζω amarillear kollaseks muutma, kolletama زرد کردن kellastua jaunir לֵהַצהיִב पीला पड़ना या होना žutjeti (meg)sárgít; (meg)sárgul menjadi kuning gulna ingiallire 黄色にする 노래지다 gelsti, geltoninti dzeltēt; krāsot dzeltenu menjadi kuning vergelen gulne, bli/farge gul żółknąć amarelecer a (se) în­gălbeni желтеть žltnúť rumeneti požuteti gulna, färga[] gul กลายเป็นสีเหลือง sarartmak (使)變黃 жовтити; жовкнути زرد ہو جانا یا کر دینا biến thành màu vàng 变黄

n yellowness

geelheid صُفْرَه، إصْفِرار жълтина žluť gulhed gelbe Farbe κιτρινάδα amarillento kollasus زردی keltaisuus ton jaune צֵהיִבוּת पीलापन žutilo sárgaság; gyávaság warna kuning gulur litur colore giallo 黄色いこと 노란색 geltonumas dzeltenums kekuningan het geel zijn gulfarge żółty kolor amarelidão (culoare) galben желтизна žltosť, žlť rumenost žutilo gulhet, gul färg ความเหลือง; ความคร่ำ sarılık 黃色 жовтизна پیلاپن màu vàng 黄色

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yellow → أصفر žlutý gul gelb κίτρινος amarillo keltainen jaune žut giallo 黄色の 노란색의 geel gul żółty amarelo желтый gul ที่เป็นสีเหลือง sarı vàng 黄色的