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1yel·low Listen to audio/ˈjɛloʊ/ adjective
yel·low·er; yel·low·est
[or more yellow; most yellow] 1 : having the color of the sun or of ripe lemons
a yellow car The raincoat was yellow.
2 informal : afraid in a way that makes you unable to do what is right or expected : cowardly
He was too yellow to stand up and fight.
3 always used before a noun : containing news that is meant to shock people and that is not true or is only partly true
yellow journalism

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