Yellow
Word: yellowYellow Meanings:
- Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green
- Cowardly; hence, dishonorable; mean; contemptible; as, he has a yellow streak
- Sensational; -- said of some newspapers, their makers, etc.; as, yellow journal, journalism, etc
- A bright golden color, reflecting more light than any other except white; the color of that part of the spectrum which is between the orange and green
- A yellow pigment
- To make yellow; to cause to have a yellow tinge or color; to dye yellow
- To become yellow or yellower
- yeallow (obsolete), yeller (dialect)
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈjɛl.əʊ/
- (dated, Southern US folk speech) IPA(key): /ˈjɛlə/, /ˈjælə/, /ˈjɑlə/, /ˈjɪlə/, /ˈjʌlə/
- (informal) Lacking courage. Synonym: cowardly
- (publishing, journalism) Characterized by sensationalism, lurid content, and doubtful accuracy.
- (chiefly derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) Of the skin, having the colour traditionally attributed to Far East Asians, especially Chinese.
- (chiefly derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) Far East Asian (relating to Asian people).
- (dated, Australia, offensive) Of mixed Aboriginal and Caucasian ancestry.
- (dated, US) Synonym of high yellow
- (UK politics) Related to the Liberal Democrats.
- (politics) Related to the Free Democratic Party; a political party in Germany.
- The colour of gold, cheese, or a lemon; the colour obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light.
- (US) The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, the illumination of which indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection if it is safe to do so.
- (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 2 points.
- (pocket billiards) One of two groups of object balls, or a ball from that group, as used in the principally British version of pool that makes use of unnumbered balls (the (yellow(s) and red(s)); contrast stripes and solids in the originally American version with numbered balls).
- Any of various pierid butterflies of the subfamily Coliadinae, especially the yellow coloured species. Compare sulphur.
- (light wavelengths): xantho- (xanth-)
- (intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights): amber (British)
- (intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights): red, green
- (color): bronze yellow, cadmium yellow, fast yellow AB, quinoline yellow, school bus yellow, sulfur yellow, sulphur yellow, taxi yellow, yellow-green, yellow 2G
- (intransitive) To become yellow or more yellow.
- (transitive) To make (something) yellow or more yellow.