to yellow
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4.4
- verb
- /ˈjɛloʊ/
- They yellowed with every lie she told him.
- yellowed with age
- yellowed paper
- yellowed newspaper
Examples
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However, most law firms still have huge collections of paper that sit yellowing in boxes.
Academic text (2003) -
After years in storage, the once-white paper had started to yellow from chemical changes.
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The foliage starts to yellow and die back a bit.
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Anything that looked dated or had yellowed pages was immediately culled from the collection.
Academic text (2013) -
While I was busy at the stove, he studied the slightly yellowed photographs on the shelf.
Fiction book (1998) -
My mother taped them on the refrigerator door, and they yellowed in the sun.
Fiction book (1992) -
Inside the shack where Jim Josh lived, there were yellowed calendars on the wall.
Fiction book (1990) -
As ever, the pub smelled of cigarettes, the walls yellowed by years of smoke, familiar and comforting.
Fiction book (1998) -
Inside the bus, she opened her purse and handed me a wrinkled, yellowed newspaper clipping.
Fiction book (1997) -
But Paula painted the woodwork white and replaced the yellowing curtains with bamboo blinds.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
11
3.4
Having a yellow color because of age or light
Idioms
- Informal
To start a journey into the unknown that brings adventure and personal change
Compounds
- Specialized
12
3.7
A serious disease spread by mosquitoes that makes the skin turn yellow
- Jargon
4
6.8
An alert warning people about a specific emergency, for example bad weather or a missing person
2
3.4
The second-longest river in northern China that flows east to the Yellow Sea and has yellow mud
- Literature
2
5.2
Reporting that exaggerates and uses shocking stories to attract readers while ignoring the truth
1
3.6
A small aggressive wasp with yellow and black stripes that often builds nests in the ground
1
9.9
A small woodpecker with a pale yellow belly that drills rows of holes in trees to eat sap and insects
- US
1
5.1
A freshwater fish with a yellow body and dark stripes, caught for food and sport
- Specialized
1
8.3
A bright yellow pigment made from cadmium used in painting that is poisonous
- Literature
1
7.7
A reporter who writes exaggerated or shocking stories to attract readers
1
6.7
A large pine tree from the southeastern United States with long needles and rough reddish bark used for timber
- Specialized
1
7.7
A small freshwater fish with yellowish colour that looks like a striped bass
1
9.9
A large woodpecker with yellow feathers under its wings and tail and a red patch on its neck
- Literature
1
7.1
Newspapers that print shocking and often untrue stories to get more readers
1
9.3
A climbing evergreen plant that has sweet yellow funnel-shaped flowers and poisonous parts
- Specialized
1
9.1
A night-active wading bird with a yellow crown found in North America
1
8.1
A plant that lives for many years with broad rounded leaves, a bitter root, often growing as a weed
- US
1
6.2
A tall evergreen tree from the Pacific coast of North America often grown in gardens and liked for its wood
- US
1
9.9
A plant that lives many years with a thick knotted yellow underground stem and large rounded leaves
How Discolored
Surface Forms
Etymology
Yellow as a verb comes from the colour word and simply means to turn the colour of lemons or old paper, which is why we say paper or teeth can 'yellow' with age.