yellow

Definition

  • noun: the color of the sun or of ripe lemons
  • noun: something yellow or marked by a yellow color
  • verb: to become yellow or to cause (something) to become yellow
  • verb: to become or turn yellow
  • adjective: having the color of the sun or of ripe lemons
  • adjective: of the color yellow
  • synonyms: cowardly, mean, contemptible

Examples

  • He was too 'yellow' to stand up and fight.

  • The bridesmaids were dressed in 'yellow'.

  • a room decorated in 'yellows' and greens

Movie quotes

  • (..) I tell you, infamous powers are at work. The instant you assign me to a case, the underworld hears about it, and I am set upon. Cato is in hospital. They nearly blew his little yellow skin off. It is amazing that I am still alive. Amazing is not the word. Do I detect something in your voice (..)
    1975 The Return of the Pink Panther
  • (..) It was very, very good. But, Cato, your fly is undone. And so, my friend, are you. Yes, my little yellow friend, I knew the chief would have to reconsider. He did not get where he is by ignoring a man's qualifications. He knows that I am unique, (..)
    1975 The Return of the Pink Panther