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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mellow  \Mel"low\,  v.  i. 
  To  become  mellow;  as  ripe  fruit  soon  mellows.  ``Prosperity 
  begins  to  mellow.''  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mellow  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mellow  \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 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mellow 
  adj  1:  unhurried  and  relaxed;  "an  easygoing  pace";  "a  mellow 
  conversation"  [syn:  {easygoing},  {laid-back}] 
  2:  having  a  full  and  pleasing  flavor  through  proper  aging;  "a 
  mellow  port";  "mellowed  fruit"  [syn:  {mellowed}] 
  3:  having  attained  to  kindliness  or  gentleness  through  age  and 
  experience;  "mellow  wisdom";  "the  peace  of  mellow  age" 
  [syn:  {mellowed}] 
  4:  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"  [syn:  {mellowing}] 
  5:  slightly  and  pleasantly  intoxicated  from  alcohol  or  a  drug 
  especially  marijuana  [syn:  {high}] 
  adv  :  (obsolete)  in  a  mellow  manner  [syn:  {mellowly}] 
  v  1:  soften,  make  mellow;  "Age  mellowed  him" 
  2:  grow  more  mellow;  "With  age,  he  mellowed"  [syn:  {melt}] 
  3:  make  mellow  or  soft  or  mature 




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