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 Definitions of mellow  [ˈmɛl oʊ]  

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Definition of 'mellow' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) mellow
sweet and full-flavored from ripeness, as fruit.

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

3.  mellow
made gentle by age or maturity.

4.  mellow
friable or loamy, as soil.

5.  mellow
pleasantly intoxicated.

6.  mellow
free from tension or discord.

7. (v.i.) mellow
to make or become mellow.

8.  mellow
Slang.

9.  mellow
to relax.

Etymology:  (1400–50; alter. of ME meruw, OE mearu soft)

Definition of 'mellow' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) laid-back, mellow
unhurried and relaxed
"a mellow conversation"

2. (adj) mellow, mellowed
having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging
"a mellow port"; "mellowed fruit"

3. (adj) mellow, mellowed
having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience
"mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age"

4. (adj) mellow
having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience
"mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age"

5. (verb) high, mellow
slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)

6. (verb) mellow
soften, make mellow
"Age and experience mellowed him over the years"

7. (verb) mellow, melt, mellow out
become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial
"With age, he mellowed"

8. (adverb) mellow
make or grow (more) mellow
"These apples need to mellow a bit more"; "The sun mellowed the fruit"

9. (adverb) mellowly, mellow
(obsolete) in a mellow manner


Definition of 'mellow' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) mellow
(of music or sound) soft and relaxing
mellow jazz

2.  mellow
feeling relaxed
to feel mellow

3.  mellow
(of a color or taste) warm and gentle
a mellow gold color


Definition of 'mellow' Webster Dictionary 

1.  mellow
soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp; as, a mellow apple

2.  mellow
easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; as, a mellow soil

3.  mellow
not coarse, rough, or harsh; subdued; soft; rich; delicate; -- said of sound, color, flavor, style, etc

4.  mellow
well matured; softened by years; genial; jovial

5.  mellow
warmed by liquor; slightly intoxicated

6. (verb) mellow
to make mellow

7. (verb) mellow
to become mellow; as, ripe fruit soon mellows


Translation of 'mellow' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

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

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: matig Arabic flag Arabic: عَذْب، دَمِث، أنيس Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: поомекнал
Brazilian flag Brazilian: suave Czech flag Czech: vyrovnaný German flag German: gereift
Danish flag Danish: mild Greek flag Greek: μειλίχιος, πράος Spanish flag Spanish: sosegado, sereno
Estonian flag Estonian: muhe Farsi flag Farsi: جاافتاده Finnish flag Finnish: lempeä
French flag French: mûri Hebrew flag Hebrew: רַך, שָׁקֵט Hindi flag Hindi: दयालु, पक्का हुआ
Croatian flag Croatian: mekan, zreo Hungarian flag Hungarian: érett; lehiggadt Indonesian flag Indonesian: melunak
Icelandic flag Icelandic: ljúfur, skapmildur Italian flag Italian: posato, giudizioso Japanese flag Japanese: 円熟した
Korean flag Korean: 성숙한 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: brandus, atlaidus,švelnus Latvian flag Latvian: lādzīgs
Malay flag Malay: lembut Dutch flag Dutch: mild Norwegian flag Norwegian: mild, mildnet, moden
Polish flag Polish: łagodny Persian flag Persian: جاافتاده Pashto flag Pashto: پر ځاى پروت
Portuguese flag Portuguese: suave Romanian flag Romanian: potolit Russian flag Russian: смягчившийся
Slovak flag Slovak: vyrovnaný Slovenian flag Slovenian: zrel Serbian flag Serbian: blag
Swedish flag Swedish: mogen, mild, mjuk Thai flag Thai: สุขุม Turkish flag Turkish: olgun
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 老成的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: м'який Urdu flag Urdu: لطیف
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chín chắn Chinese flag Chinese: 老成的

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