Nearby Words
Yellow Pages Directory www.yellowbook.com Find Businesses Serving Your Area. Phones, Addresses & Directions.
White Pages Directory www.whitepages.com Search for Free by Name, Business, Address or Phone Number. Accurate!
YELLOWPAGES.COM www.yellowpages.com Find Local Businesses and Great Daily Deals in Your Area
Ads
:10
:09
:08
:07
:06
:05
:04
:03
:02
:01
Yellows
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Dictionary.com Unabridged
noun
1.
a color like that of egg yolk, ripe lemons, etc.; the primary color between green and orange in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 570 and 590 nm.
2.
the yolk of an egg.
3.
a yellow pigment or dye.
4.
Informal. yellow light.
5.
Slang. yellow jacket (def. 2).
adjective
6.
of the color yellow.
7.
8.
having a sallow or yellowish complexion.
9.
Informal. cowardly.
10.
EXPAND(of journalism, a newspaper, etc.)
a.
sensational, especially morbidly or offensively so: That yellow rag carried all the gory details.
b.
dishonest in editorial comment and the presentation of news, especially in sacrificing truth for sensationalism: Objective reporting isn't always a match for yellow journalism.
11.
COLLAPSEjealous; envious.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
12.
to make or become yellow: Yellow the sheets with dye. The white stationery had yellowed with age.
Origin:
before 900; 1895–1900 for def. 9; Middle English yelou (adj. and noun), Old English geolo, geolu (adj.); cognate with Dutch geel, German gelb, Latin helvus pale-yellow; akin to Old Norse gulr
before 900; 1895–1900 for def. 9; Middle English yelou (adj. and noun), Old English geolo, geolu (adj.); cognate with Dutch geel, German gelb, Latin helvus pale-yellow; akin to Old Norse gulr
Related forms
yel·low·ly, adverb
yel·low·ness, noun
Synonyms
9. craven, timorous, fearful.
9. craven, timorous, fearful.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To yellows
Collins
World English Dictionary
| yellows (ˈjɛləʊz) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | any of various fungal or viral diseases of plants, characterized by yellowish discoloration and stunting |
| 2. | vet science another name for jaundice |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
yellow
O.E. geolu, geolwe, from P.Gmc. *gelwaz (cf. O.S., O.H.G. gelo, M.Du. ghele, Du. geel, M.H.G. gel, Ger. gelb, O.N. gulr, Swed. gul "yellow"), from PIE *ghel-/*ghol- "yellow, green" (see Chloe). The verb meaning "to become yellow" is O.E. geoluwian. Adj. meaning "light-skinned"
EXPAND(of blacks) first recorded 1808. Applied to Asiatics since 1787, though the first recorded reference is to Turkish words for inhabitants of India. Yellow peril translates Ger. die gelbe gefahr. Sense of "cowardly" is 1856, of unknown origin; the color was traditionally associated rather with treachery. Yellow-bellied "cowardly" is from 1924, probably a rhyming reduplication of yellow; earlier yellow-belly was a sailor's name for a half-caste (1867) and a Texas term for Mexican soldiers (1842, based on the color of their uniforms). Yellow dog "mongrel" is attested from c.1770; slang sense of "contemptible person" first recorded 1881.
COLLAPSE
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
American Heritage
Science Dictionary
yellows  (yěl'ōz) Pronunciation Key
Any of various plant diseases characterized by yellowish discoloration and often by wilting, deformation, and stunted growth. Yellows may be caused by phytoplasmas, by ascomycete fungi of the genus Fusarium, or by a virus, especially of the genus Chlorogenus. |
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Slang Dictionary
yellow definition
|
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
Cite This Source
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo By Dictionary.com
Image for yellows
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.