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yellowed up

yellowed up is the simple past and past participle of yellow up.

Meaning of yellow up

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.

Questions about yellowed up

What is yellowed up the simple past and past participle of?
Yellowed up is the simple past and past participle of yellow up.

Words near yellowed up in the dictionary

  1. yellowcrowns
  2. yellowdicks
  3. yellowed
  4. yellowed off
  5. yellowed out
  6. yellowed up
  7. yellowen
  8. yellower
  9. yellowest
  10. yelloweye
  11. yelloweyes

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