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amarelar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bottle noun A container, usually glass or plastic, with a narrow neck, used for holding liquids.
  • yellow noun The bright color of lemons, sunflowers, and egg yolks, produced by light around 580 nanometers.

Senses

amarelar is used for these senses in English:

  • bottle (British, slang) To refrain from doing (something) at the last moment because of a sudden loss of courage.
  • chicken out (idiomatic) To shy away from a daring task; to decline, refuse, or avoid something due to fear or uncertainty.
  • get cold feet To develop cold feet, in the sense of nervousness about going through with something.
  • yellow (intransitive) To become yellow or yellower.

bottle — full definition

  1. noun A container, usually glass or plastic, with a narrow neck, used for holding liquids.
  2. noun A container with a nipple used to feed liquid, especially milk or formula, to a baby.
  3. noun (British, informal) Nerve or courage.
  4. verb To put a liquid into bottles for storage or sale.
  5. verb To hold back or suppress feelings instead of expressing them, especially in "bottle up."

yellow — full definition

  1. noun The bright color of lemons, sunflowers, and egg yolks, produced by light around 580 nanometers.
  2. adj Having the color yellow.
  3. adj Informal: cowardly, lacking courage.
  4. verb To turn yellow, or to cause something to turn yellow, often through age.

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