Meaning

3 senses
  1. (intransitive)To become yellow or yellower.

    gilben, vergilben

    желте́тьželtétʹ, пожелте́тьpoželtétʹ

    жовти́тиžovtýty

    turn yellow

  2. (transitive)To make (something) yellow or yellower.

  3. (historical, transitive)To promote (a captain) to flag rank without command of a squadron, ending his career; to make him a yellow admiral.

Examples

612 sentences
  1. They painted their house bright yellow.

    Вони пофарбували свій будинок у яскраво-жовтий колір. — ChickenKiev

    deSie strichen ihr Haus hellgelb. — Zaghawa

  2. Mary is wearing a yellow dress.

    Мері у жовтій сукні. — deniko

    deMaria trägt ein gelbes Kleid. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. All the leaves on the tree turned yellow.

    Усе листя на дереві стало жовтим. — aandrusiak

    ruВсе листья на дереве пожелтели. — marafon

    deAlle Blätter des Baums sind gelb geworden. — MUIRIEL

  4. All the flowers in the garden are yellow.

    Усі квіти в саду жовті. — triantafillou

    ruВсе цветы в саду - жёлтые. — Lenin_1917

    deAlle Blumen im Garten sind gelb. — MUIRIEL

  5. Stay on this side of the yellow line.

    Залишайся на цьому боці від жовтої лінії. — deniko

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to become yellow or more yellow:
Русский
By meaning 1
to become yellow or more yellow:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to become yellow or more yellow:

Origin

From Middle English yelwe, yelou, from Old English ġeolwe, oblique form of Old English ġeo

From Middle English yelwe, yelou, from Old English ġeolwe, oblique form of Old English ġeolu, from Proto-West Germanic *gelu, from Proto-Germanic *gelwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃wós, from *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”).

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Forms

yellows, yellowing, yellowed, yellowed
Base formyellow · to yellow
3rd person singularyellows
Present participleyellowing
Past simpleyellowed
Past participleyellowed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyyellow
he, she, ityellows

Past simpleLesson

all personsyellowed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave yellowed
he, she, ithas yellowed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill yellow

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Collocations

4 patterns
  • wearing a yellow
  • a yellow shirt
  • yellow line
  • yellow shirt

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
yellow — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto