yellow
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,069 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 17,100 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.008% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk also: yellowish, xanthous
- easily frightened also: chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow-bellied
- changed to a yellowish color by age also: yellowed yellowed parchment
- typical of tabloids also: scandalmongering, sensationalistic sensational journalistic reportage of the scandalyellow press
- cowardly or treacherous the little yellow stain of treasontoo yellow to stand and fight
- affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc also: jaundiced, icteric
noun
- yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons also: yellowness
verb
- turn yellow The pages of the book began to yellow
yellow in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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A chuckle came from the man in ambush behind the yellow flame.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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It had been rebound in yellow calf, and was in a good condition.
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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His great blue misty hills washed their turbulent waves to the yellow shore of the dropping sun.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1
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True, but they that have the yellow jaundice think all objects they look on to be yellow.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1
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I will put some lunch for you in the yellow basket, and you may dig worms for bait in the garden.
The Dutch Twins · Lucy Fitch Perkins · Chapter 1