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# sallow

adjective (sallow, sallower, sallowest)

«sallow» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Of skin, yellowish and pale, often looking unwell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sallow/#m1)

### In the lessons

a pale, tired face in a tale, such as a sick girl or a worried man

### Examples

- She had a sallow face after the long winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sallow/#x1)
- The girls had long faces and sallow complexions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sallow/#x2)
- His sallow skin showed he was ill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sallow/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sallow» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sallow/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sallow» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sallow.html) on Mova free.