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yellow
Noun
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One of the colors people can see
yellow
Adjective
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A thing that is yellow in color.
The yellow car moves fast.
His yellow hair shines in the sun.
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A person who does not have courage.
He wants to date her, but he does not ask because he is yellow.
May
Proper noun
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May is the fifth (5th) month of the year.
There are 31 days in May.
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May can be the given name of a girl or woman.
May fell down and hurt her knee.
may
Verb
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To be allowed to; to have permission to do something
"May I sit here?" "Yes, go ahead. The seat is empty."
You may not smoke, this area is "no smoking".
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If you say something may happen or may be true, you mean there is a chance that it is true.
He may be lying, but I'm not sure.
It may rain today.
dun
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noun
horse of a dull brownish grey color
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adjective
of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color
the dun and dreary prairie
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verb
cure by salting
dun codfish
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verb
persistently ask for overdue payment
The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone
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noun
a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color
she wore dun
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verb
make a dun color
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verb
(= torment)
treat cruelly
The children tormented the stuttering teacher