Definitions for mellow
ˈmɛl oʊmel·low

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. laid-back, mellowadjective

   unhurried and relaxed

   "a mellow conversation"

2. mellow, mellowedadjective

   having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging

   "a mellow port"; "mellowed fruit"

3. mellow, mellowedadjective

   having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience

   "mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age"

4. mellowadjective

   having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience

   "mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age"

5. high, mellowverb

   slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)

6. mellowverb

   soften, make mellow

   "Age and experience mellowed him over the years"

7. mellow, melt, mellow outverb

   become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial

   "With age, he mellowed"

8. mellowadverb

   make or grow (more) mellow

   "These apples need to mellow a bit more"; "The sun mellowed the fruit"

9. mellowly, mellowadverb

   (obsolete) in a mellow manner

Wiktionary(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. mellownoun

   A relaxed mood.

2. mellowverb

   To become mellow.

3. mellowverb

   To relax or soften.

4. mellowadjective

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

5. mellowadjective

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

6. mellowadjective

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

7. mellowadjective

   Well matured; softened by years; genial; jovial.

8. mellowadjective

   Relaxed; calm; easygoing; laid-back.

9. mellowadjective

   Warmed by liquor, slightly intoxicated; or, stoned, high.

10. Etymology: From melowe, melwe, variant of merow, merwe, from meru, mearu, from marwaz, from mer(w)-. Cognate with meru, mürbe, meyrr (whence meyr).

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Mellowadjective

   Etymology: mearwa , soft, Saxon, Stephen Skinner: more nearly from mollis, molle, mollow, mellow; though r is indeed easily changed into l in common speech.

   1. Soft with ripeness; full ripe.

   A storm, or robbery, call it what you will,
   Shook down my mellow hangings, nay, my leaves. William Shakespeare.

   An apple in my hand works different effects upon my senses: my eye tells me it is green; my nose, that it hath a mellow scent; and my taste, that it is sweet. Digby.

   A little longer,
   And nature drops him down without your sin,
   Like mellow fruit, without a winter storm. Dryden.

   2. Soft in sound.

   Of seven smooth joints a mellow pipe I have,
   Which with his dying breath Damætas gave. Dryden.

   3. Soft; unctuous.

   Camomile sheweth mellow grounds fit for wheat. Francis Bacon.

   4. Drunk; melted down with drink.

   Greedy of physicians frequent fees,
   From female mellow praise he takes degrees. Wentworth Dillon.

   In all thy humours, whether grave or mellow,
   Thou’rt such a testy, touchy, pleasant fellow;
   Hast so much wit, and mirth, and spleen about thee,
   There is no living with thee, nor without thee. Addison.

2. To Mellowverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To ripen; to mature; to soften by ripeness; to ripen by age.

   Lord Aubrey Vere
   Was done to death, and more than so, my father;
   Even in the downfal of his mellow’d years. William Shakespeare.

   The royal tree hath left us royal fruit,
   Which mellow’d by the stealing hours of time,
   Will well become the seat of majesty. William Shakespeare, Rich. III.

   On foreign mountains may the sun refine
   The grape’s soft juice, and mellow it to wine. Addison.

   2. To soften.

   They plow in the wheat stubble in December; and if the weather prove frosty to mellow it, they do not plow it again till April. John Mortimer, Husb.

   3. To mature to perfection.

   This episode is not only now the most pleasing entertainment of the Æneis, but was so accounted in his own age, and before it was mellowed into that reputation which time has given it. Dryden.

3. To Mellowverb

   To be matured; to ripen.

   Though no stone tell thee what I was, yet thou
   In my grave’s inside see’st, what thou art now;
   Yet thou’rt not yet so good, till us death lay
   To ripe and mellow there, we’re stubborn clay. John Donne.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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. Mellowverb

   to make mellow

7. Mellowverb

   to become mellow; as, ripe fruit soon mellows

8. Etymology: [OE. melwe; cf. AS. mearu soft, D. murw, Prov. G. mollig soft, D. malsch, and E. meal flour.]

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1. Mellow

   Mellow is the second album by Maria Mena. Released in Norway as a counterpart to her US album White Turns Blue, it was accompanied by the single "You're the Only One". The album was produced by Arvid Solvang.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Mellow

   mel′ō, adj. soft and ripe: well matured: soft to the touch, palate, ear, &c.: genial: half-tipsy.—v.t. to soften by ripeness or age: to mature.—v.i. to become soft: to be matured.—adv. Mell′owly.—n. Mell′owness, softness: maturity.—adj. Mell′owy, soft: friable. [A.S. mearu, soft; Dut. murw, mollig, L. mollis, Gr. malakos.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of mellow in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of mellow in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of mellow in a Sentence

1. Eugenia Mays:

   Employees, they seem to be pretty mellow, they’re excited to be back, they just want to know, ‘Hey, how you doing? How’s your dog, how’s your cat?’ Everybody’s all excited to be back — to see everybody.

2. Alex Bennett:

   Carson's a lot calmer. He's mellow, I feel like he knows what he's talking about -- whereas Trump is a loose cannon. He gets himself in trouble.

3. Kristin Watson:

   That has really, really helped mellow him out and be able to chill while we’re driving, it also helps great with his hips, because he’s getting older. So hopping in and out of the bus, he can do it so much better since we started giving him that.

4. President Barack Obama:

   I am mellow sort of guy, that's why I invited Luther, my anger translator to join me here tonight, hold on to your lily white buts.

5. Ronnie Wood:

   Keith Richards's a pleasure to work with, much more mellow. Keith Richards's open to more ideas, whereas before I'd kind of grit my teeth and go,' Keith Richards's gon na give me some s ** t for saying this.' Now, Keith Richards'll say,' That's cool, man.'.

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