yellow
- Top 3000
Sense 1
- adjective
- A1
Having the bright colour of the sun.
A yellow taxi stopped right in front of the hotel entrance.
The leaves on the old birch tree turn yellow in autumn.
She wore a yellow raincoat so drivers could see her clearly.
Common collocations: bright yellow · pale yellow · lemon yellow · turn yellow · a yellow line
Part of: Colours, Appearance
Sense 2 · less common
- adjective
- B2
Too afraid to do something that other people expect you to do.
Don't call me yellow just because I refused to jump.
He was too yellow to admit what he had done.
Common collocations: call somebody yellow · too yellow to do something · a yellow streak
Part of: Personality, Negative emotions
Sense 3 · less common
- verb
- B2
To slowly become yellow, as old paper or cloth does.
The pages of the old atlas had yellowed along the edges.
White shirts yellow quickly if you keep them in sunlight.
Common collocations: yellowed pages · yellow with age · yellowing paper
Forms
- comparative
- yellower
- superlative
- yellowest