ENGLISH: yellow - CREOLE: jòn



Overview of noun yellow



The noun yellow has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (8) yellow, yellowness -- (yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons)



Overview of verb yellow



The verb yellow has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (2) yellow -- (turn yellow; "The pages of the book began to yellow")



Overview of adj yellow



The adj yellow has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)



1. (26) yellow, yellowish, xanthous -- (of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk)

2. (2) chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied -- (easily frightened)

3. (1) yellow, yellowed -- (changed to a yellowish color by age; "yellowed parchment")

4. scandalmongering, sensationalistic, yellow -- (typical of tabloids; "sensational journalistic reportage of the scandal"; "yellow press")

5. yellow -- (cowardly or treacherous; "the little yellow stain of treason"-M.W.Straight; "too yellow to stand and fight")

6. jaundiced, icteric, yellow -- (affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc)

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