Yellow

Word YELLOW
Character 6
Hyphenation yel low
Pronunciations /jɛlə/

Definitions and meanings of "Yellow"

What do we mean by yellow?

The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between orange and green, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 570 to 590 nanometers; any of a group of colors of a hue resembling that of ripe lemons and varying in lightness and saturation; one of the subtractive primaries; one of the psychological primary hues. noun

A pigment or dye having this hue. noun

Something that has this hue. noun

The yolk of an egg. noun

Gold. Used formerly by prospectors. noun

Any of various plant diseases characterized by yellow or yellowish discoloration of the leaves and caused by phytoplasmas that are transmitted by insects or by certain viruses. noun

Of the color yellow. adjective

Having a yellow-brown skin color. adjective

Of or being a person of Asian origin. adjective

Cowardly. adjective

To make or become yellow. transitive & intransitive verb

To render yellow.

To become yellow; grow yellow.

As originally applied to journalism, indecently sensational; in general, sensational; morbid; decadent. See yellow journal.

An acid coal-tar color of the monoazo type prepared by combining diazotized meta-sulphanilic acid with diphenyl amine. It dyes wool orange-yellow in an acid bath. noun

Same as yellow, 1 . noun

Same as diphenylamine-orange (which see, under orange). noun

Of a color resembling that of gold, butter, etc. See II.

The colour of gold, butter, or a lemon; the colour obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light.

The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, the illumination of which indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection if it is safe to do so.

One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 2 points.

(pocket billiards) One of two groups of object balls, or a ball from that group, as used in the principally British version of pool that makes use of unnumbered balls (the (yellow(s) and red(s)); contrast stripes and solids in the originally American version with numbered balls).

A yellow card.

Any of various pierid butterflies of the subfamily Coliadinae, especially the yellow coloured species. Compare sulphur.

The person you would die for, someone who has done so much for you and is the sunshine in your life Urban Dictionary

Happiness, solid sunshine, that summa mood, hundreds of sunflowers, pigtails, lemonade on a hot day, banana ice cream, little golden books, sun showers, pixie dust, dandelions, new crayons, ducklings, ukuleles, carelessly dancing, big smiles, long nights of laughter, inside jokes, handwritten notes, new clothes, sand, prayers, love Urban Dictionary

A “yellow” is someone who makes you happy. they make your days brighter and worth living. Urban Dictionary

To be cowardly, or a pussy Urban Dictionary

A word meaning a pussy or pacifist. Used in the novel "The Catcher In The Rye". Urban Dictionary

Someone who is very important to you someone who makes you happy Urban Dictionary

Yellow is another word for "hello". Urban Dictionary

Street name for the prescription drug Norco. Urban Dictionary

A color that is not as appreciated as it should be. yellow (imo) is the best color on the color wheel. it is very vibrant and bright and just really fun to look at. yellows are the life and soul of the party, they are sociable, expressive, very imaginative and enthusiastic. i love yellow. Urban Dictionary

To be in a good mood happiness Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Yellow

The word "yellow" in example sentences

Although pale yellow is a highly determinate color predicate relative to ˜yellow™, it is far from being maximally determinate. ❋ Sanford, David H. (2006)

The silk obtained the first day was of a deep yellow; to my great astonishment, the second reeling from the same spider gave silk of a brilliant silver-white color; while on the third occasion, as if by magic, the color had changed again, and I got only _yellow_ silk. ❋ Various (N/A)

The hypothesis of individual peculiarity, adopted the previous year to explain why some spiders gave yellow, and others white silk, was now untenable; and, remembering that, beside these two positive colors there was also (and indeed more commonly) a _light yellow_, as if a combination of the other two, I saw that the real solution of the mystery must lie in the spinners themselves. ❋ Various (N/A)

See gehðo. geolo, adj., _yellow_: acc.sg. geolwe linde (_the shield of yellow linden bark_), 2611. geolo-rand, st. m., _yellow shield_ (shield with a covering of interlaced yellow linden bark): acc.sg., ❋ Robert Sharp (1879)

Thus, in the proposition, Gold is yellow, the quality _yellow_ is affirmed of the substance _gold_. ❋ John Stuart Mill (1839)

By putting a spider under the influence of chloroform, and then carrying the first thread under a pin stuck in a cork to one part of a spindle, and the second or yellow line over another pin to a different part of the spindle, I reeled off from the same spider, at the same time, two distinct bands of silk, of which one was a deep golden-yellow, the other a bright silver-white; while, if both threads ran together, there was formed a band of _light yellow_ from the union of the two. ❋ Various (N/A)

They were of a bright yellow color and very viscid; but now I noticed that neither the color nor the viscidity pertained to the entire net, for although the concentric circles constituting the principal part of the web were _yellow_, and very _elastic_, and studded with little beads of _gum_, (Fig 3,) yet the diverging lines or _radii_ of the wheel-shaped structure, with all the guys and stays by which it was suspended and braced, were _dry_ and _inelastic_, and of a _white_ or lighter yellow color. ❋ Various (N/A)

-- creating normalized set, copy values from settable create table normalset (id int not null default 0, val char (8), key (id)); insert into normalset SELECT id, 'cyan' FROM settable WHERE s like '% cyan%'; insert into normalset SELECT id, 'yellow' FROM settable WHERE s like '% yellow%'; insert into normalset SELECT id, 'magenta' FROM settable WHERE s like '% magenta%'; insert into normalset SELECT id, 'black' FROM settable WHERE s like '% black%'; ❋ Unknown (2010)

The word yellow comes from the Old English word geolw, the German gelb and geld as in “gold”, and the Latin helvus, meaning “light bay.” ❋ Simon (1994)

I am half Asian and I see nothing wrong with the term yellow line. ❋ Foxnews.com (2010)

In the latter days of the 19th century, the term yellow journalism took flight. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Of the 14, three of them are what we call yellow condition. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In fact, it was these critics who coined the term yellow journalism. ❋ James Kerian (2008)

INSKEEP: These are some of the best examples here of what we call yellow streamers. ❋ Unknown (2005)

We also have another approximately 1,000 soldiers moving into what we call the yellow zone, which will be those counties east of that, in west Florida. ❋ Unknown (2005)

[how do] you feel about him? “[he’s] [my yellow]” ❋ Hehenerd (2020)

yellow is [the best] [color] ❋ Fella In Yella (2019)

[I’m] [my best friend]’s yellow and I’m hers. ❋ Antoscute (2020)

[What a] [yellow belly]! ❋ EnglishMaster (2004)

Juancito is yellow when it comes to [fights]. He won't actually [hurt] anybody. ❋ A Clockwork Orange779 (2006)

he [saved] me, he's [my yellow] do you love her? [yes], she's my yellow ❋ Giulsss (2020)

"[Yellow], [how are you]?" ❋ Rikki (2004)

[Hey man], Do you know where [I can] get any [yellows]? ❋ Dani B Z (2008)

person: [bro] [she is] [so fine]. she is yellow. ❋ Mayahawkesgf:) (2023)

And we can settle this affair If you would shed [your yellow] [take my hand] And then we'll solve the mystery of [laceration] gravity ❋ Mychemicalromance (2004)

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