mellow : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: mellow	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for mellow
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mellow adv (obsolete) in a mellow manner Synonym(s): mellowly, mellow adj unhurried and relaxed; "a mellow conversation" [syn: laid-back, mellow] having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging; "a mellow port"; "mellowed fruit" Synonym(s): mellow, mellowed having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience; "mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age" Synonym(s): mellow, mellowed having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience; "mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age" slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana) Synonym(s): high, mellow v soften, make mellow; "Age and experience mellowed him over the years" become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "With age, he mellowed" Synonym(s): mellow, melt, mellow out make or grow (more) mellow; "These apples need to mellow a bit more"; "The sun mellowed the fruit"
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mellow \Mel"low\, v. i. To become mellow; as, ripe fruit soon mellows. [bd]Prosperity begins to mellow.[b8] --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. [bd]Mellow glebe.[b8] --Drayton (b) Not coarse, rough, or harsh; subdued; soft; rich; delicate; -- said of sound, color, flavor, style, etc. [bd]The mellow horn.[b8] --Wordsworth. [bd]The mellow-tasted Burgundy.[b8] --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.