amarelar — meaning in English
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English meaning
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
- noun A container, usually glass or plastic, with a narrow neck, used for holding liquids.
- noun A container with a nipple used to feed liquid, especially milk or formula, to a baby.
- noun (British, informal) Nerve or courage.
- verb To put a liquid into bottles for storage or sale.
- verb To hold back or suppress feelings instead of expressing them, especially in "bottle up."
yellow — full definition
- noun The bright color of lemons, sunflowers, and egg yolks, produced by light around 580 nanometers.
- adj Having the color yellow.
- adj Informal: cowardly, lacking courage.
- verb To turn yellow, or to cause something to turn yellow, often through age.