26984 words

yellow

6 definitions • 5 examples
1
a colour like that of a lemon or gold or the sun:

Examples:

It was early autumn and the leaves were turning yellow.
You should wear more yellow - it suits you.
2
of a colour like that of a lemon or gold or the sun:

Examples:

a bright yellow flower/T-shirt
3
an extremely offensive word used to describe someone who comes from East or South East Asia, or whose family comes from those places, and who has pale yellowish-brown skin
4
5
to become yellow, or to make something become yellow
6
(of) a color like that of a lemon:

Examples:

yellow roses
sweet yellow corn

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