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yellowing up

yellowing up is the present participle and gerund 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 yellowing up

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

Words near yellowing up in the dictionary

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

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