yellow meaning and definition

YELLOW noun

Definition of yellow (noun)

1. yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
   • synonyms: yellowness

YELLOW verb

Definition of yellow (verb)

1. turn yellow
   • "The pages of the book began to yellow"

YELLOW adjective

Definition of yellow (adjective)

1. of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
   • synonyms: xanthous, yellowish
2. easily frightened
   • synonyms: chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow-bellied
3. changed to a yellowish color by age
   • "yellowed parchment"
   • synonyms: yellowed
4. typical of tabloids
   • "sensational journalistic reportage of the scandal"; "yellow press"
   • synonyms: scandalmongering, sensationalistic
5. cowardly or treacherous
   • "the little yellow stain of treason"-M.W.Straight; "too yellow to stand and fight"
6. affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc
   • synonyms: icteric, jaundiced