Collins English-English Dictionary

yellow ['jεləυ]

1. 1. n any of a group of colours that vary in saturation but have the same hue. They lie in the approximate wavelength range 585--575 nanometres. Yellow is the complementary colour of blue and with cyan and magenta forms a set of primary colours

2. 2. n a pigment or dye of or producing these colours

3. 3. n yellow cloth or clothing

   dressed in yellow

4. 4. n the yolk of an egg

5. 5. n a yellow ball in snooker, etc

6. 6. n any of a group of pieridine butterflies the males of which have yellow or yellowish wings, esp the clouded yellows (Colias spp.) and the brimstone

7. 7. adj of the colour yellow

8. 8. adj yellowish in colour or having parts or marks that are yellowish

   yellow jasmine

9. 9. adj having a yellowish skin; Mongoloid

10. 10. adj [Spoken] cowardly or afraid

11. 11. adj offensively sensational, as a cheap newspaper (esp in the phrase yellow press)

12. 12. vb to make or become yellow

13. 13. vb See also yellows

14. 14. vb [Etymology] Old English geolu; related to Old Saxon, Old High German gelo, Old Norse gulr, Latin helvus