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mel·low

(mĕl′ō)

adj. mel·low·er, mel·low·est

a. Soft, sweet, juicy, and full-flavored because of ripeness: a mellow fruit.

b. Suggesting softness or sweetness: "The mellow air brought in the feel of imminent autumn" (Thomas Hardy).

a. Flavorful and mild or smooth, as from being properly matured: a mellow wine.

b. Soft and pleasant; not harsh: a mellow voice; mellow light.

3. Gentle and understanding, especially from being mature or experienced: "She had seen him as a survival of a leisurely and tolerant age, a mellow man" (Elisabeth Ogilvie).

4. Relaxed and unhurried; easygoing: a mellow friend; a mellow conversation.

5. Slang Slightly and pleasantly intoxicated.

6. Moist, rich, soft, and loamy. Used of soil.

tr. & intr.v. mel·lowed, mel·low·ing, mel·lows

To make or become mellow.

Phrasal Verb:

mellow out Slang

To become genial and pleasant; relax: "The cowboy mellowed out when they read him a sweet letter from his wife" (Bobbie Ann Mason).

[Middle English melwe, perhaps from melowe, oblique case of mele, ground grain, meal; see meal¹.]

mel′low·ly adv.

mel′low·ness n.

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mellow

(ˈmɛləʊ)

adj

1. (esp of fruits) full-flavoured; sweet; ripe

2. (Brewing) (esp of wines) well-matured

3. (esp of colours or sounds) soft or rich

4. kind-hearted, esp through maturity or old age

5. genial, as through the effects of alcohol

6. (Agriculture) (of soil) soft and loamy

7. to make or become mellow; soften; mature

8. (foll by out) to become calm and relaxed or (esp of a drug) to have a calming or relaxing effect on (someone)

[C15: perhaps from Old English meru soft (as through ripeness)]

ˈmellowly adv

ˈmellowness n

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mel•low

(ˈmɛl oʊ)

adj. -low•er, -low•est,
v. adj.

1. sweet and full-flavored from ripeness, as fruit.

2. soft and rich, as sound, lights, or colors.

3. made gentle by age or maturity.

4. friable or loamy, as soil.

5. pleasantly intoxicated.

6. free from tension or discord.

v.t., v.i.

7. to make or become mellow.

8. mellow out, Slang. to relax.

[1400–50; alter. of Middle English meruw, Old English mearu soft]

mel′low•ness, n.

mellow

- Describing fruit that is soft, sweet, and juicy when ripe.

mellow

Past participle: mellowed
Gerund: mellowing

Imperative
mellow
mellow

Present
I mellow
you mellow
he/she/it mellows
we mellow
you mellow
they mellow

Preterite
I mellowed
you mellowed
he/she/it mellowed
we mellowed
you mellowed
they mellowed

Present Continuous
I am mellowing
you are mellowing
he/she/it is mellowing
we are mellowing
you are mellowing
they are mellowing

Present Perfect
I have mellowed
you have mellowed
he/she/it has mellowed
we have mellowed
you have mellowed
they have mellowed

Past Continuous
I was mellowing
you were mellowing
he/she/it was mellowing
we were mellowing
you were mellowing
they were mellowing

Past Perfect
I had mellowed
you had mellowed
he/she/it had mellowed
we had mellowed
you had mellowed
they had mellowed

Future
I will mellow
you will mellow
he/she/it will mellow
we will mellow
you will mellow
they will mellow

Future Perfect
I will have mellowed
you will have mellowed
he/she/it will have mellowed
we will have mellowed
you will have mellowed
they will have mellowed

Future Continuous
I will be mellowing
you will be mellowing
he/she/it will be mellowing
we will be mellowing
you will be mellowing
they will be mellowing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been mellowing
you have been mellowing
he/she/it has been mellowing
we have been mellowing
you have been mellowing
they have been mellowing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been mellowing
you will have been mellowing
he/she/it will have been mellowing
we will have been mellowing
you will have been mellowing
they will have been mellowing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been mellowing
you had been mellowing
he/she/it had been mellowing
we had been mellowing
you had been mellowing
they had been mellowing

Conditional
I would mellow
you would mellow
he/she/it would mellow
we would mellow
you would mellow
they would mellow

Past Conditional
I would have mellowed
you would have mellowed
he/she/it would have mellowed
we would have mellowed
you would have mellowed
they would have mellowed

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Verb	1.	mellow - soften, make mellow; "Age and experience mellowed him over the years" mellow out, mellow, melt - become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "With age, he mellowed" soften - make soft or softer; "This liquid will soften your laundry"
	2.	mellow - become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "With age, he mellowed" mellow out, melt change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" mellow - soften, make mellow; "Age and experience mellowed him over the years"
	3.	mellow - make or grow (more) mellow; "These apples need to mellow a bit more"; "The sun mellowed the fruit" soften - become soft or softer; "The bread will soften if you pour some liquid on it"
Adj.	1.	mellow - unhurried and relaxed; "a mellow conversation" laid-back relaxed - without strain or anxiety; "gave the impression of being quite relaxed"; "a relaxed and informal discussion"
	2.	mellow - having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging; "a mellow port"; "mellowed fruit" mellowed ripe, mature - fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used; "ripe peaches"; "full-bodied mature wines"
	3.	mellow - having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience; "mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age" mellowed mature - characteristic of maturity; "mature for her age"
	4.	mellow - having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience; "mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age" soft - compassionate and kind; conciliatory; "he was soft on his children"
	5.	mellow - slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana) high drunk, inebriated, intoxicated - stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol); "a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors"; "helplessly inebriated"
Adv.	1.	mellow - (obsolete) in a mellow manner mellowly archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expression

mellow

adjective

1. soft, deep, rich, warm, MLO (S.M.S.) the mellow colours of autumn

2. tuneful, full, rich, soft, melodious, mellifluous, dulcet, well-tuned, euphonic, MLO (S.M.S.) the mellow background music

3. full-flavoured, rounded, rich, sweet, smooth, delicate, juicy, MLO (S.M.S.) a mellow, well-balanced wine

4. ripe, perfect, mature, ripened, well-matured, MLO (S.M.S.) a mellow, creamy Somerset Brie
ripe green, raw, sour, immature, unripe

5. easy-going, warm, gentle, pleasant, sympathetic, tolerant, gracious, amiable, amicable, affable, good-natured, kind-hearted, warm-hearted, MLO (S.M.S.) Is she more mellow and tolerant?

6. relaxed, happy, cheerful, jolly, elevated, merry (Brit. informal), expansive, cordial, genial, jovial, MLO (S.M.S.) After a few glasses, he was feeling mellow.

verb

1. relax, improve, settle, calm, mature, soften, sweeten She has mellowed with age.

2. season, develop, improve, perfect, ripen long cooking mellows the flavour beautifully

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mellow

adjective

1. Brought to full flavor and richness by aging:

aged, ripe.

2. Having or producing a full, deep, or rich sound:

orotund, plangent, resonant, resounding, ringing, rotund, round, sonorous, vibrant.

verb

To bring or come to full development:

age, develop, grow, maturate, mature, ripen.

Translations

عَذْب، دَمِث، أنيسناضِج الطَّعْمناعِم، لَطيفيُنْضِج

jemnývyrovnanývyzrálýzjemnit

blive milddæmpetfyldiggøre mildmild

ausgereift gereift reifen lassen sanft

doux moelleux mûri mûrir

kiforrlehiggadtó

ljúfur, skapmildurmildur, daufuròroska; mildaòÿîur, ljúfur

maturo succoso addolcirsi dolce maturare

brandussušvelnėti

atmaigtizturētslādzīgsmaigsnogatavojies

bli mildnet mettet mildne mildnet neddempet

zjemniť

kıvamını bulmuşolgunolgunlaşmakyumuşak

使柔和使老成使醇香柔和的老成的

mellow

[ˈmeləʊ]

A. ADJ (mellower (compar) (mellowest (superl)))

1. (= pleasant, smooth) [wine, whisky] → suave, añejo; [fruit] → maduro, dulce; [colour, light] → suave y dorado, tenue y dorado; [instrument] → melodioso; [voice, tone, sound] → dulce, meloso

2. [person]

2.1. (= calm) → apacible, sosegado
he has grown more mellow over the years → los años le han suavizado el carácter, se ha vuelto más afable con los años

2.2. (= relaxed) to be mellow (after eating, drinking) → estar relajado
to get mellow (= tipsy) → achisparse
to be in a mellow mood → sentirse relajado

B. VI

1. (= soften) he has mellowed with age → los años le han suavizado el carácter, con los años se ha vuelto más afable

2. (= relax) → relajarse

3. [wine, whisky] → añejarse; [fruit] → madurar; [colour, light, voice, character] → suavizarse; [views] → moderarse
to mellow with age [wine, whisky] → mejorar con los años

C. VT

1. (= soften) old age has mellowed him → la vejez le ha suavizado el carácter or lo ha hecho más afable

2. (= relax) → relajar

3. [+ wine] → añejar

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mellow

[ˈmɛləʊ]

adj

(= sound, tone) → moelleux/euse

[colour] → tendre; [light] → velouté(e)
mellow red brick → de la brique d'un rouge tendre

[fruit] → moelleux/euse

[wine] → moelleux/euse

(= cheerful) → gai(e)
He'd had a few glasses of champagne and was fairly mellow → Il avait bu plusieurs coupes de champagne et était plutôt gai.
to be in a mellow mood → être d'humeur joyeuse

vi [person] → s'adoucir

vt [+ person] → adoucir

mellow

adj (+er)

fruit → ausgereift, saftig; wine → ausgereift; brandy, whisky, flavour → mild; colour, light, stone, brick → warm; sound → voll, rund; (= soft) → weich; voice → weich, sanft; a mellow instrument → ein Instrument mit einem vollen, weichen Klang

person (= relaxed) → abgeklärt, gesetzt; (= affable) → umgänglich; (= in a good mood) → gut gelaunt; (fig: = slightly drunk) → angeheitert; in the mellow later years → im gesetzteren Alter; in a mellow mood → guter Laune, stillvergnügt

vt → reifen, heranreifen lassen; (= relax) → heiter stimmen; sounds, colours → dämpfen, abschwächen; taste → mildern; the rum began to mellow her → der Rum versetzte sie allmählich in freundlichere Stimmung

vi (wine, fruit) → reif werden, (heran)reifen; (colours, sounds) → weicher werden; (person) (= become more relaxed) → abgeklärter or gesetzter werden; (= become more affable) → umgänglicher werden

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mellow

[ˈmɛləʊ]

1. (-er (comp) (-est (superl))) adj (fruit) → ben maturo/a; (wine) → maturo/a e pastoso/a; (colour, light) → caldo/a e morbido/a; (person, character) → addolcito/a dall'età; (sound) → melodioso/a

2. vi (fruit, wine) → maturare, maturarsi; (colour, sound) → attenuarsi, smorzarsi; (person, character) → addolcirsi

3. vt old age has mellowed him → con l'età si è addolcito

mellow

(ˈmeləu) adjective

1. (of character) made softer and more mature, relaxed etc by age and/or experience. Her personality became more mellow as middle age approached.

2. (of sound, colour, light etc) soft, not strong or unpleasant. The lamplight was soft and mellow.

3. (of wine, cheese etc) kept until the flavour has developed fully. a mellow burgundy.

verb

to make or become softer or more mature. Old age has mellowed him.

ˈmellowness noun

mellow

a. dulce, suave, tierno-a.

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They both got powerful mellow, but I noticed the king didn't get mellow enough to forget to remember to not deny about hiding the money-bag again.

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He was looking tolerably mellow. Three rows of benches on each side and six rows in front of him were occupied by the dignitaries of the town and by the parents of the pupils.

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"Marvelous!" Pestsov was saying in his mellow bass.

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"Thou hast a fair, round, mellow voice; let us have a touch of it."

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Yet did it quiver under the finger-tip caress in rhythmic vibrations that became whisperings and rustlings and mutterings of sound--but of sound so different; so elusively thin that it was shimmeringly sibilant; so mellow that it was maddening sweet, piping like an elfin horn, which last was just what Bassett decided would be like a peal from some bell of the gods reaching earthward from across space.

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And to-day, at this moment, there are hundreds of thousands of boys like Louis and me doing just what Louis and I did with John Barleycorn, warm and comfortable, beckoning and welcoming, tucking their arms in his and beginning to teach them his mellow ways.

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But a voice behind me, the unmistakable voice of Wolf Larsen, strong with the invincible certitude of the man and mellow with appreciation of the words he was quoting, aroused me.

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The moon was bright, and the light and shadow very strong; and nothing could be more picturesque than those curving streets, with their rows of huge high gables leaning far over toward each other in a friendly gossiping way, and the crowds below drifting through the alternating blots of gloom and mellow bars of moonlight.

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Next morning - bright and cheerful out of doors - stole softened in through the blinds of the silent room, and suffused the couch and its occupant with a mellow, tender glow.

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Art had taught him to soften the faults of a voice which had little compass, and was naturally rough rather than mellow, and, in short, had done all that culture can do in supplying natural deficiencies.

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The tinge in his cheeks was heightened by the mellow glow of the sun's rays as they shone through the medium of the rose- coloured curtains of the window, and Charlotte thought she once more beheld the returning colour of health where it had been so long absent.

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The workshops have been shut up half an hour or more in Adam Bede's timber-yard, which used to be Jonathan Burge's, and the mellow evening light is falling on the pleasant house with the buff walls and the soft grey thatch, very much as it did when we saw Adam bringing in the keys on that June evening nine years ago.