Mellow

['meləʊ] or ['mɛlo]

Definition

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

(verb.) become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; 'With age, he mellowed'.

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

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

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

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

Typed by Carla--From WordNet

Definition

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

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

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

(superl.) Well matured; softened by years; genial; jovial.

(superl.) Warmed by liquor; slightly intoxicated.

(v. t.) To make mellow.

(v. i.) To become mellow; as, ripe fruit soon mellows.

Inputed by Allen

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Ripe, mature.[2]. Soft, mellifluous, smooth, silver-toned, sweetly flowing.[3]. Perfected, well prepared.[4]. Drunk, tipsy, fuddled, disguised, half seas over.

v. a. [1]. Ripen, mature.[2]. Perfect, bring to perfection.

Inputed by Hubert

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Ripe, rich, full-flavored, jovial, mature, soft

ANT:Unripe, harsh, sour, acid, acrid, crabbed, sober, dry

Checker: Walter

Definition

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.

Inputed by Cyrus