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mellow |
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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