| NOUN | attribute | yellow, yellowness | yellow color or pigment |
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| ADJECTIVE | all | yellow, yellowish, xanthous | of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum |
| all | yellow, chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow-bellied | easily frightened | |
| all | yellow, yellowed | changed to a yellowish color by age | |
| all | yellow, scandalmongering, sensationalistic | typical of tabloids | |
| all | yellow | cowardly or treacherous | |
| all | yellow, jaundiced, icteric | affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc | |
| VERB | change | yellow | turn yellow |
| Sounds | yeh'low | |
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| Rhymes | afterglow ... Winslow: 77 rhymes with low... | |
| Meaning | Of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk. | |
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| Synonyms | yellowish, xanthous | |
| Broader | chromatic | Being or having or characterized by hue |
| Spanish | amarilla, amarillento, amarillo, ocre | |
| Catalan | groc, grogós, groguenc | |
| Nouns | yellow, yellowness | yellow color or pigment |
| Meaning | easily frightened. | |
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| Synonyms | chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow-bellied | |
| Broader | cowardly, fearful | lacking courage |
| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
| Spanish | cobarde, gallina, miedoso, temeroso | |
| Catalan | cagat, covard, gallina, poruc | |
| Meaning | changed to a yellowish color by age. | |
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| Example | "yellowed parchment" | |
| Synonym | yellowed | |
| Broader | old | Of long duration |
| Spanish | amarillento | |
| Catalan | groc, groguenc | |
| Meaning | typical of tabloids. | |
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| Example | "yellow press" | |
| Synonyms | scandalmongering, sensationalistic | |
| Broader | sensational | Causing intense interest, curiosity, or emotion |
| Spanish | rosa, sensacionalista | |
| Catalan | rosa, sensacionalista | |
| Meaning | cowardly or treacherous. | |
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| Broader | dishonorable, dishonourable | lacking honor or integrity |
| Spanish | acoquinado, cobarde, gallina, miedoso, temeroso | |
| Catalan | cagat, covard, gallina, poruc | |
| Meaning | affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc. | |
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| Synonyms | jaundiced, icteric | |
| Broader | unhealthy | not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind |
| Spanish | ictérico | |
| Meaning | Yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons. | |
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| Synonym | yellowness | |
| Narrower | amber, gold | A deep yellow color |
| brownish yellow | A yellow color of low lightness with a brownish tinge | |
| canary yellow, canary | A moderate yellow with a greenish tinge | |
| gamboge, lemon, lemon yellow, maize | A strong yellow color | |
| greenish yellow | A shade of yellow tinged with green | |
| old gold | A dark yellow | |
| orange yellow, saffron | A shade of yellow tinged with orange | |
| pale yellow, straw, wheat | A variable yellow tint | |
| Broader | chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour | A color that has hue |
| Spanish | amarillo | |
| Catalan | groc, groga, grogor, groguenc | |
| Adjectives | yellow | of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum |
| Verbs | yellow | turn yellow |
| Meaning | Turn yellow. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "The pages of the book began to yellow" | |
| Broader | discolor, discolour, colour, color | change color, often in an undesired manner |
| Spanish | acedarse, amarillar, amarillear, amarillecer | |
| Catalan | engroguir-se, engroguir, esgrogueir-se, groguejar | |
| Nouns | yellow | yellow color or pigment |
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