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yellow
Found in thesaurus: chromatic colour, chromatic color, spectral colour, spectral color, discolour, discolor
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yellow
v.
make yellow, paint or dye yellow; turn yellow (e.g. old paper)
adj.
having a yellow color; cowardly (Slang); jealous; sensationalistic (about a newspaper)
n.
color yellow; yolk of an egg; coward (Slang)
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Yellow
Yellow is the color of gold, butter, and ripe lemons. In the spectrum of visible light, and in the traditional color wheel used by painters, yellow is found between green and orange. It is a primary color in subtractive color, used in color printing, along with cyan, magenta, and black.
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Yellow (disambiguation)
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yellow
Noun
1. the quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
(synonym) yellowness
(hypernym) chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour
(hyponym) chrome yellow
Verb
1. turn yellow; "The pages of the book began to yellow"
(hypernym) discolor, discolour, colour, color
(derivation) yellowness
Adjective
1. similar to the color of an egg yolk
(synonym) yellowish, xanthous
(similar) chromatic
2. easily frightened
(synonym) chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow-bellied
(similar) cowardly, fearful
(classification) colloquialism
3. changed to a yellowish color by age; "yellowed parchment"
(synonym) yellowed
(similar) old
4. typical of tabloids; "sensational journalistic reportage of the scandal"; "yellow journalism"
(synonym) scandalmongering, sensationalistic, yellow(a)
(similar) sensational
5. cowardly or treacherous; "the little yellow stain of treason"-M.W.Straight; "too yellow to stand and fight"
(similar) dishonorable, dishonourable
6. affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc
(synonym) jaundiced, icteric
(similar) unhealthy
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yellow
příd.jm.
žlutý
n.
žlutá (barva)
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yellow
Przym.
żółty; żółty kolor
Rzecz.
żółty kolor
