Definitions
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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
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In front of me were pages yellowed from the passing of time, typed on a typewriter with English font.
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The two windows, both on the same side, were curtained with heavy muslin yellowed with age.
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The skull was described as yellowed with age and missing its teeth.
Lahontan Valley News - Top Stories The Associated Press 2010
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The skull was described as yellowed with age and missing its teeth.
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The skull was described as yellowed with age and missing its teeth.
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The skull was described as yellowed with age and missing its teeth.
Nevada Appeal - Top Stories Associated Press 2010
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That page is kind of yellowed, but I have it framed on the wall of my den.
Willie Nelson, Willie & Shrake, Edwin Bud 1992
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Ahhh ..... books ... don't you just love the smell of the really old "yellowed" ones?
Bisaya Bloggers 2008
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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
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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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