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  • adjective Having a yellow color (or discoloration), especially when due to age.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of yellow.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective changed to a yellowish color by age

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Examples

  • In front of me were pages yellowed from the passing of time, typed on a typewriter with English font.

    LETTERS OF ANNA STRUNSKY 2003

  • The two windows, both on the same side, were curtained with heavy muslin yellowed with age.

    American Indian Stories 1921

  • The skull was described as yellowed with age and missing its teeth.

    Lahontan Valley News - Top Stories The Associated Press 2010

  • The skull was described as yellowed with age and missing its teeth.

    KOLO - HomePage - Headlines 2010

  • The skull was described as yellowed with age and missing its teeth.

    KOLO - HomePage - Headlines 2010

  • The skull was described as yellowed with age and missing its teeth.

    Nevada Appeal - Top Stories Associated Press 2010

  • That page is kind of yellowed, but I have it framed on the wall of my den.

    Willie Nelson, Willie & Shrake, Edwin Bud 1992

  • Ahhh ..... books ... don't you just love the smell of the really old "yellowed" ones?

    Bisaya Bloggers 2008

  • But there's something in the way he holds himself, something in the way his legs are crossed, that looks exactly like a man I've seen in grams' yellowed album.

    Walter Lynn Beighley 2011

  • Even today, as the group's executive chef, Mr. Sahajdák keeps a weathered copy with broken bindings in his kitchen, his own bookmarks and notes complementing its cracked and yellowed pages.

    A Modern Take on Czech Cuisine Evan Rail 2011

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