# yellowed

Pronunciation: say "YEL-ohd" US /ˈjɛl.oʊd/, UK /ˈjɛl.əʊd/, AUS /ˈjel.əʉd/

## Adjective

1. Having taken on a yellow color or discoloration, especially as a result of age.
   - Simple: Turned yellow over time, often because of age or wear.
   - _The yellowed manuscript was difficult to read under the dim lamp._
   - _Decades of cigarette smoke had left the walls yellowed and grimy._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of yellow. — simple past and past participle of yellow
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of yellow. Use it for the past, or after has, have, had, is, was or were.
   - _The delicate lace had yellowed by the time she found it again._
   - _Old glue yellowed along the spine of the book._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/yellowed (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).