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Definition of yellow verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

yellow

verb
 
/ˈjeləʊ/
 
/ˈjeləʊ/
[intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they yellow
 
/ˈjeləʊ/
 
/ˈjeləʊ/
he / she / it yellows
 
/ˈjeləʊz/
 
/ˈjeləʊz/
past simple yellowed
 
/ˈjeləʊd/
 
/ˈjeləʊd/
past participle yellowed
 
/ˈjeləʊd/
 
/ˈjeləʊd/
-ing form yellowing
 
/ˈjeləʊɪŋ/
 
/ˈjeləʊɪŋ/
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  1. to become yellow; to make something become yellow
    • The cream paint was beginning to yellow.
    • be yellowed (with something) The paper was yellowed with age.
    Word OriginOld English geolu, geolo, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch geel and German gelb, also to gold.
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