What is the meaning of Yellow?

  • (a.) Sensational; -- said of some newspapers, their makers, etc.; as, yellow journal, journalism, etc.
  • (a.) Cowardly; hence, dishonorable; mean; contemptible; as, he has a yellow streak.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (v.t.) To make yellow; to cause to have a yellow tinge or color; to dye yellow.
  • (v.i.) To become yellow or yellower.
  • (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.
  • (n.) A yellow pigment.
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