# yellowing

Pronunciation: say "YEL-oh-ing" US /ˈjɛl.oʊ.ɪŋ/, UK /ˈjɛl.əʊ.ɪŋ/, AUS /ˈjel.əʉ.ɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The process by which something changes to a yellow color.
   - Simple: The process of something turning a yellow color.
   - _The yellowing of the manuscript pointed to centuries of exposure to air._
   - _Restorers worked carefully to reverse the yellowing in the painting's varnish._

## Verb

2. Present participle of yellow. — present participle and gerund of yellow
   - Simple: Present participle of yellow. Use this form for something that is turning yellow right now.
   - _The varnish is yellowing with age, dulling the painting beneath it._
   - _Pages of the journal are yellowing where direct sunlight reaches them._

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