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yellow in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. easily frightened
    chicken  chickenhearted  lily-livered  white-livered  yellow  yellow-bellied 
  2. affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc
    jaundiced  icteric  yellow 
  3. typical of tabloids
    "sensational journalistic reportage of the scandal"; "yellow press"
    scandalmongering  sensationalistic  yellow 
  4. of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
    yellow  yellowish  xanthous 
  5. cowardly or treacherous
    "the little yellow stain of treason"-M.W.Straight; "too yellow to stand and fight"
    yellow 
  6. changed to a yellowish color by age
    "yellowed parchment"
    yellow  yellowed 
noun
  1. yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
    yellow  yellowness 
verb
  1. turn yellow
    "The pages of the book began to yellow"
    yellow 
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