Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary

1 ADJ [ADJ n] A yearly event happens once a year or every year. □  The seven major industrial countries will have their yearly meeting in London. ● ADV [ADV after v] Yearly is also an adverb. □  Clients normally pay fees in advance, monthly, quarterly, or yearly.

2 ADJ [ADJ n] You use yearly to describe something such as an amount that relates to a period of one year. □  In Holland, the government sets a yearly budget for health care. ● ADV [ADV after v] Yearly is also an adverb. □  The school paid $1,300 yearly for the use of our facilities.

yearn /jɜː ^r n/ (yearns , yearning , yearned ) VERB If someone yearns for something that they are unlikely to get, they want it very much. □ [V + for ] He yearned for freedom. □ [V to-inf] I yearned to be a movie actor.

yearn|ing /jɜː ^r n I ŋ/ (yearnings ) N‑VAR [N to-inf] A yearning for something is a very strong desire for it. □ [+ for ] He spoke of his yearning for another child. □  He always had a yearning to be a schoolteacher.

-year-old /-j I ər-oʊld/ (-year-olds ) COMB [ADJ n] -year-old combines with numbers to describe the age of people or things. □  She has a six-year-old daughter. □  …their 200-year-old farmhouse in Ohio. ● COMB -year-old also combines to form nouns. □  Snow Puppies is a ski school for 3 to 6-year-olds.

yea r-rou nd ADJ [ADJ n] Year-round is used to describe something that happens, exists, or is done throughout the year. □  Cuba has a tropical climate with year-round sunshine. ● ADV Year-round is also an adverb. □  They work 7 days a week year-round.

yeast /jiː st/ (yeasts ) N‑VAR Yeast is a kind of fungus which is used to make bread rise, and in making alcoholic drinks such as beer.

yea st e x|tract (yeast extracts ) N‑VAR Yeast extract is a brown sticky food that is obtained from yeast. It can be used in cooking or spread on bread.

yeasty /jiː sti/ ADJ Something that is yeasty tastes or smells strongly of yeast.

yell /je l/ (yells , yelling , yelled )

1 VERB If you yell , you shout loudly, usually because you are excited, angry, or in pain. □ [V with quote] 'Eva!' he yelled. □ [V + at ] I'm sorry I yelled at you last night. □ [V n] Christian pushed him away, yelling abuse. ● PHRASAL VERB Yell out means the same as yell . □ [V P ] 'Are you coming or not?' they yelled out after him.

2 N‑COUNT A yell is a loud shout given by someone who is afraid or in pain. □  Something brushed past Bob's face and he let out a yell.

▸  yell out → see yell 1

yel|low ◆◆◆ /je loʊ/ (yellows , yellowing , yellowed )

1 COLOUR Something that is yellow is the colour of lemons, butter, or the middle part of an egg. □  The walls have been painted bright yellow.

2 VERB If something yellows , it becomes yellow in colour, often because it is old. □ [V ] The flesh of his cheeks seemed to have yellowed. □ [V -ing] She sat scanning the yellowing pages.

ye l|low ^card (yellow cards ) N‑COUNT [usu sing] In football or rugby, if a player is shown the yellow card , the referee holds up a yellow card to indicate that the player has broken the rules, and that if they do so again, they will be ordered to leave the pitch.

ye l|low fe |ver N‑UNCOUNT Yellow fever is a serious infectious disease that people can catch in tropical countries.

yel|low|ish /je loʊ I ʃ/ ADJ Something that is yellowish is slightly yellow in colour. □  …a small yellowish cauliflower.

ye l|low li ne (yellow lines ) N‑COUNT A yellow line is a narrow yellow line painted at the edge of a road to warn drivers that parking is not allowed there, or is only allowed at certain times.