noun a yellow pigment.
2. yellow ·vi to become yellow or yellower.
3. yellow ·vt to make yellow; to cause to have a yellow tinge or color; to dye yellow.
4. yellow ·add. ·adj cowardly; hence, dishonorable; mean; contemptible; as, he has a yellow streak.
5. yellow ·add. ·adj sensational;
said of some newspapers, their makers, ·etc.; as, yellow journal, journalism, ·etc.
6. yellow ·noun a bright golden color, reflecting more light than any other except white; the color of that part of the spectrum which is between the orange and green.
7. yellow ·superl being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green.