Yellow - Definition

adj 1: of the color intermediate between green and orange in the
color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an
egg yolk [syn: yellow, yellowish, xanthous]
2: easily frightened [syn: chicken, chickenhearted, lily-
livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied]
3: changed to a yellowish color by age; "yellowed parchment"
[syn: yellow, yellowed]
4: typical of tabloids; "sensational journalistic reportage of
the scandal"; "yellow press" [syn: scandalmongering,
sensationalistic, yellow(a)]
5: cowardly or treacherous; "the little yellow stain of
treason"-M.W.Straight; "too yellow to stand and fight"
6: affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc [syn:
jaundiced, icteric, yellow]
n 1: yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the
hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons [syn: yellow,
yellowness]
v 1: turn yellow; "The pages of the book began to yellow"