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yellow up

yellow up verb: to become or make (something) yellow, such as a material aging, a plant leaf or fruit ripening or developing a rust disease.

Verb

yellow up (third-person singular simple present yellows up, present participle yellowing up, simple past and past participle yellowed up)

  1. (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.
  2. (intransitive, transitive) To put on yellowface; to imitate or pretend to be of East Asian descent.

Forms of yellow up

third-person singular presentyellows up
present participleyellowing up
past participleyellowed up
pastyellowed up

Questions about yellow up

What does yellow up mean?
Yellow up means to become or make (something) yellow, such as a material aging, a plant leaf or fruit ripening or developing a rust disease.
What part of speech is yellow up?
Yellow up is a verb.
What is the past tense of yellow up?
The past tense of yellow up is yellowed up.

Words near yellow up in the dictionary

  1. yellow trumpetbushes
  2. yellow tussock
  3. yellow tussocks
  4. yellow union
  5. yellow unions
  6. yellow up
  7. yellow vest
  8. yellow vests
  9. yellow wagtail
  10. yellow warbler
  11. yellow warblers

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