'Sallow' definitions:
Definition of 'sallow'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Unhealthy looking [syn: sallow, sickly]
noun
Any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal
verb
Cause to become sallow; "The illness has sallowed her face"
Definition of 'Sallow'
From: GCIDE
- Sallow \Sal"low\ (s[a^]l"l[-o]), n. [OE. salwe, AS. sealh; akin to OHG. salaha, G. salweide, Icel. selja, L. salix, Ir. sail, saileach, Gael. seileach, W. helyg, Gr. "eli`kh.]
- 1. The willow; willow twigs. [Poetic] --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- And bend the pliant sallow to a shield. --Fawkes. [1913 Webster]
- The sallow knows the basketmaker's thumb. --Emerson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) A name given to certain species of willow, especially those which do not have flexible shoots, as Salix caprea, Salix cinerea, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Sallow thorn (Bot.), a European thorny shrub ({Hippophae rhamnoides}) much like an Elaeagnus. The yellow berries are sometimes used for making jelly, and the plant affords a yellow dye. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sallow'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Sallow'
From: GCIDE
- Sallow \Sal"low\, v. t. To tinge with sallowness. [Poetic] [1913 Webster]
- July breathes hot, sallows the crispy fields. --Lowell. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sallow'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- achromatic,
- achromic,
- anemic,
- ashen,
- ashy,
- aureate,
- auric,
- beige,
- bled white,
- bloodless,
- buff,
- buff-yellow,
- cadaverous,
- canary,
- canary-yellow,
- chloranemic,
- citron,
- citron-yellow,
- colorless,
- cream,
- creamy,
- dead,
- deadly pale,
- deathly pale,
- dim,
- dimmed,
- dingy,
- discolored,
- dull,
- exsanguinated,
- exsanguine,
- exsanguineous,
- faded,
- faint,
- fallow,
- flat,
- flaxen,
- ghastly,
- gilded,
- gilt,
- gold,
- gold-colored,
- golden,
- gray,
- haggard,
- hueless,
- hypochromic,
- icterous,
- jaundiced,
- lackluster,
- leaden,
- lemon,
- lemon-yellow,
- livid,
- lurid,
- lusterless,
- luteolous,
- lutescent,
- mat,
- mealy,
- muddy,
- neutral,
- ocherish,
- ocherous,
- ochery,
- ochreous,
- ochroid,
- ochrous,
- ochry,
- or,
- pale,
- pale as death,
- pale-faced,
- pallid,
- pasty,
- primrose,
- primrose-colored,
- primrose-yellow,
- saffron,
- saffron-colored,
- saffron-yellow,
- sand-colored,
- sandy,
- sickly,
- straw,
- straw-colored,
- tallow-faced,
- toneless,
- uncolored,
- wan,
- washed-out,
- waxen,
- weak,
- whey-faced,
- white,
- xanthic,
- xanthous,
- yellow,
- yellowish