yellow
yel·low [yellow yellows yellowed yellowing yellower yellowest] adjective, noun, verb BrE [ˈjeləʊ] NAmE [ˈjeloʊ]
adjective (yel·lower, yel·lowest)
1. having the colour of lemons or butter
•pale yellow flowers
•a bright yellow waterproof jacket
2. (taboo)an offensive word used to describe the light brown skin of people from some E Asian countries
3. (informal, disapproving)easily frightened
Syn: ↑cowardly
Word Origin:
Old English geolu, geolo, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch geel and German gelb, also to ↑gold.
Example Bank:
•Her teeth were rather yellow.
•She wore a pale yellow dress.
Derived Word: ↑yellowness
noun uncountable, countable
the colour of lemons or butter
• She was dressed in yellow.
•the reds and yellows of the trees
Word Origin:
Old English geolu, geolo, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch geel and German gelb, also to ↑gold.
verb intransitive, transitive ~ (sth)
to become yellow; to make sth become yellow
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
Old English geolu, geolo, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch geel and German gelb, also to ↑gold.
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