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Mellow Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Mellow? [adv] (obsolete) in a mellow manner [adj] slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana) [adj] having or suggesting softness and richness in quality; "a mellow sound"; "the mellow air brought in the feel of imminent autumn"- Thomas Hardy; "a mellowing sun" [adj] having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience; "mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age" [adj] having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging; "a mellow port"; "mellowed fruit" [adj] unhurried and relaxed; "an easygoing pace"; "a mellow conversation" [v] make or grow (more) mellow; "These apples need to mellow a bit more"; "The sun mellowed the fruit" [v] become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "With age, he mellowed" [v] soften, make mellow; "Age and experience mellowed him over the years" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Mellow: at ease \| drunk \| easygoing \| high \| inebriated \| intoxicated \| laid-back \| mature \| mellow out \| mellowed \| mellowing \| mellowly \| melt \| relaxed \| ripe \| soft Related Terms \| Find terms related to Mellow: achingly sweet \| addled \| advance \| affable \| age \| aged \| agreeable \| agreeable-sounding \| amiable \| amicable \| appealing \| ariose \| arioso \| attain majority \| bear fruit \| beery \| bemused \| besotted \| blind drunk \| blissful \| bloom \| blossom \| blow \| bring to maturity \| canorous \| cantabile \| catchy \| cheerful \| come of age \| come to fruition \| come to maturity \| compatible \| complaisant \| congenial \| cordial \| crapulent \| crapulous \| creamy \| cushion \| delicate \| delicious \| desirable \| develop \| developed \| dizzy \| drenched \| drunk \| drunken \| dulcet \| ease \| easy \| easygoing \| eggshell \| en rapport \| enjoyable \| euphonic \| euphonious \| euphonous \| evolute \| evolve \| fair \| fair and pleasant \| far-gone \| felicific \| felicitous \| fine \| fine-toned \| flat \| flavorful \| fledge \| flourish \| flower \| fluff \| flustered \| fou \| friendly \| full \| full-blown \| full-flavored \| full-fledged \| full-grown \| fully developed \| gay \| genial \| gentle \| giddy \| glorious \| gloss \| golden \| golden-tongued \| golden-voiced \| good \| goodly \| good-natured \| gracious \| grateful \| gratifying \| grow \| grow up \| happy \| harmonious \| heart-warming \| honeyed \| in full bloom \| in liquor \| inebriate \| inebriated \| inebrious \| intoxicated \| iridescent \| jolly \| jovial \| juicy \| knead \| laxate \| leave the nest \| light \| likable \| limber \| limber up \| liquid \| loosen \| luscious \| mash \| massage \| maturate \| maturated \| mature \| matured \| maudlin \| melic \| mellifluent \| mellifluous \| mellisonant \| mellowed \| mellowy \| melodic \| melodious \| merry \| mild \| milden \| mollified \| mollify \| mother-of-pearl \| muddled \| musical \| music-flowing \| music-like \| muted \| nacreous \| nappy \| nice \| nonresistive \| nonrigid \| opalescent \| pale \| pastel \| patinaed \| pearly \| plangent \| pleasant \| pleasant-sounding \| pleasing \| pleasurable \| pleasureful \| pleasure-giving \| plump \| progress \| pulp \| pulsing \| pure \| quiet \| reach its season \| reach manhood \| reach maturity \| reach twenty-one \| reach voting age \| ready \| reeling \| relax \| resonant \| resonating \| rewarding \| rich \| ripe \| ripen \| ripened \| rolling \| sad \| satisfying \| season \| seasoned \| semigloss \| settle down \| shake up \| shikker \| silver-toned \| silver-tongued \| silver-voiced \| silvery \| simple \| singable \| smash \| sober \| sodden \| soft \| soft as putty \| soft-colored \| soften \| soften up \| softened \| soft-hued \| somber \| songful \| songlike \| sonorous \| sotted \| squash \| subdue \| subdued \| subtle \| supple \| sweet \| sweeten \| sweet-flowing \| sweet-sounding \| temper \| tempered \| tender \| tenderize \| throbbing \| tiddly \| tipsy \| toga virilis \| tone down \| tunable \| tune down \| tuneful \| under the influence \| vibrant \| vibrating \| warm \| wax \| welcome \| whisper-soft See Also \| change \| soften Mellow In Webster's Dictionary \Mel"low\, a. [Compar. {Mellower}; superl. {Mellowest}.] [OE. melwe; cf. AS. mearu soft, D. murw, Prov. G. mollig soft, D. malsch, and E. meal flour.] 1. Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp; as, a mellow apple. 2. Hence: (a) Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; as, a mellow soil. ``Mellow glebe.'' --Drayton (b) Not coarse, rough, or harsh; subdued; soft; rich; delicate; -- said of sound, color, flavor, style, etc. ``The mellow horn.'' --Wordsworth. ``The mellow-tasted Burgundy.'' --Thomson. The tender flush whose mellow stain imbues Heaven with all freaks of light. --Percival. 3. Well matured; softened by years; genial; jovial. May health return to mellow age. --Wordsworth. As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound. --W. Irving. 4. Warmed by liquor; slightly intoxicated. --Addison. \Mel"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mellowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mellowing}.] To make mellow. --Shak. If the Weather prove frosty to mellow it [the ground], they do not plow it again till April. --Mortimer. The fervor of early feeling is tempered and mellowed by the ripeness of age. --J. C. Shairp. \Mel"low\, v. i. To become mellow; as, ripe fruit soon mellows. ``Prosperity begins to mellow.'' --Shak.

Mellow Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mellow?

[adv] (obsolete) in a mellow manner
[adj] slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)
[adj] having or suggesting softness and richness in quality; "a mellow sound"; "the mellow air brought in the feel of imminent autumn"- Thomas Hardy; "a mellowing sun"
[adj] having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience; "mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age"
[adj] having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging; "a mellow port"; "mellowed fruit"
[adj] unhurried and relaxed; "an easygoing pace"; "a mellow conversation"
[v] make or grow (more) mellow; "These apples need to mellow a bit more"; "The sun mellowed the fruit"
[v] become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "With age, he mellowed"
[v] soften, make mellow; "Age and experience mellowed him over the years"

See Also | change | soften

Mellow In Webster's Dictionary

\Mel"low\, a. [Compar. {Mellower}; superl. {Mellowest}.]
[OE. melwe; cf. AS. mearu soft, D. murw, Prov. G. mollig
soft, D. malsch, and E. meal flour.]
1. Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender
   pulp; as, a mellow apple.

2. Hence:
   (a) Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; as, a
       mellow soil. ``Mellow glebe.'' --Drayton
   (b) Not coarse, rough, or harsh; subdued; soft; rich;
       delicate; -- said of sound, color, flavor, style, etc.
       ``The mellow horn.'' --Wordsworth. ``The mellow-tasted
       Burgundy.'' --Thomson.

             The tender flush whose mellow stain imbues
             Heaven with all freaks of light.  --Percival.

3. Well matured; softened by years; genial; jovial.

         May health return to mellow age.      --Wordsworth.

         As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed
         a hound.                              --W. Irving.

4. Warmed by liquor; slightly intoxicated. --Addison.


\Mel"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mellowed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Mellowing}.]
To make mellow. --Shak.

      If the Weather prove frosty to mellow it [the ground],
      they do not plow it again till April.    --Mortimer.

      The fervor of early feeling is tempered and mellowed by
      the ripeness of age.                     --J. C.
                                               Shairp.


\Mel"low\, v. i.
To become mellow; as, ripe fruit soon mellows. ``Prosperity
begins to mellow.'' --Shak.

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