Yellow Definition
yĕlō
yellowed, yellowest, yellows, yellower
noun
yellows
A yellow color; color lying between orange and green in the color spectrum.
Webster's New World
A pigment or dye that is yellow or capable of producing yellow.
Webster's New World
Something that has this hue.
American Heritage
The yolk of an egg.
Webster's New World
Any of several fungous or viral diseases of plants, causing yellowing of the leaves, stunting of growth, etc.
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adjective
yellowest, yellower
Of the color of gold, butter, or ripe lemons.
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Changed to a yellowish color as by age, as old paper.
Webster's New World
Having a yellowish pigmentation of the skin.
Webster's New World
Of or being a person of Asian origin.
American Heritage
Cowardly; craven.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
yellowed, yellows
To make or become yellow.
Documents that had been yellowed by age; clouds that yellow in the evening light.
American Heritage
To make or become yellow.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Yellow
Noun
Singular:
yellow
Plural:
yellowsAdjective
Base Form:
yellow
Comparative:
yellower
Superlative:
yellowestOrigin of Yellow
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From Middle English yelwe, yelou, from Old English Ä¡eolu, Ä¡eolwe, from Proto-Germanic *gelwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-u̯os (compare Welsh gelw (“pale"), Latin helvus (“dull yellow")), from *ǵʰelh₃ (“gleam, yellow") (compare Irish geal (“white, bright"), Lithuanian žalias (“green"), Ancient Greek χλωρός (chlōrós, “light green"), Persian زر (zar, “yellow"), Sanskrit हरि (hari, “greenish-yellow")).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English yelow from Old English geolu ghel-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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