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yellowing off

yellowing off is the present participle and gerund of yellow off.

Meaning of yellow off

Verb

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

  1. To stop maturing prematurely and also usually die off.

Questions about yellowing off

What is yellowing off the present participle and gerund of?
Yellowing off is the present participle and gerund of yellow off.

Words near yellowing off in the dictionary

  1. yellowhorns
  2. Yellowhorse
  3. yellowier
  4. yellowiest
  5. yellowing
  6. yellowing off
  7. yellowing out
  8. yellowing up
  9. yellowings
  10. yellowish
  11. yellowishly

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