yellow out

verb

To become thoroughly yellow, such as drying tobacco leaves, ripening fruit or aging newspaper.

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Meanings

verbyellow out (third-person singular simple present yellows out, present participle yellowing out, simple past and past participle yellowed out)

present singular third person yellows out · participle present yellowing out · participle past yellowed out · past yellowed out

  1. intransitiveliterallytransitiveTo become thoroughly yellow, such as drying tobacco leaves, ripening fruit or aging newspaper.
  2. intransitiveslangTo chicken out.
  3. transitiveTo highlight (something) in yellow.
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APA

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MLA

“yellow out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yellow%20out. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yellow out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yellow%20out.

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