Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mellow"
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) 1.7 (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 and experience mellowed him over
the years"
2: become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "With age, he
mellowed" [syn: {melt}, {mellow out}]
3: make or grow (more) mellow; "These apples need to mellow a
bit more"; "The sun mellowed the fruit"
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