yellow up
To become or make yellow, such as a material aging, a plant leaf or fruit ripening or…To become or make (something) yellow, such as a material aging, a plant leaf or fruit ripening or developing a rust disease.
Meaning
2 senses(intransitive, literally, transitive)To become or make (something) yellow, such as a material aging, a plant leaf or fruit ripening or developing a rust disease.
(intransitive, transitive)To put on yellowface; to imitate or pretend to be of East Asian descent.
Examples
2 sentencesBright yellow blotches up to one-fourth inch in diameter appear around the punctures produced by the feeding of this insect.
"Are there a lot of yellow dwarves, Mum?" "Oh, there are! Yellow dwarves make up about ninety per cent of all stars."
de„Gibt es eigentlich viele Gelbe Zwerge, Mama?“ – „O ja! Die Gelben Zwerge machen etwa neunzig Prozent sämtlicher Sterne aus.“ — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Forms
yellows up, yellowing up, yellowed up, yellowed up| Base form | yellow up · to yellow up |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | yellows up |
| Present participle | yellowing up |
| Past simple | yellowed up |
| Past participle | yellowed up |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbs- yellow upTo become or make (something) yellow, such as a material aging, a plant leaf or fruit ripening or developing a rust disease.
- yellow offTo stop maturing prematurely and also usually die off.
- yellow outTo become thoroughly yellow, such as drying tobacco leaves, ripening fruit or aging newspaper.
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb