mellow

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I - verb

1. soften, make mellow
- Age and experience mellowed him over the years
• Derivationally related forms:
mellowing
• Hypernyms:
soften
• Verb Group:
melt, mellow out
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
2. become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial
- With age, he mellowed
• Syn:
melt, mellow out
• Derivationally related forms:
mellowing
• Hypernyms:
change
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. make or grow (more) mellow
- These apples need to mellow a bit more
- The sun mellowed the fruit
• Derivationally related forms:
mellowing
• Hypernyms:
soften
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something ----s something

II - adjective

1. unhurried and relaxed
- a mellow conversation
• Syn:
laid-back
• Similar to:
relaxed
• Derivationally related forms:
mellowness
2. having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging
- a mellow port
- mellowed fruit
• Syn:
mellowed
• Similar to:
ripe, mature
• Derivationally related forms:
mellowness
3. having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience
- mellow wisdom
- the peace of mellow age
• Syn:
mellowed
• Similar to:
mature
• Derivationally related forms:
mellowness
4. having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience
- mellow wisdom
- the peace of mellow age
• Similar to:
soft
• Derivationally related forms:
mellowness
5. slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)
• Syn:
high
• Similar to:
intoxicated, drunk, inebriated
• Derivationally related forms:
mellowness, high (for: high)

III - adverb

(obsolete) in a mellow manner
• Syn:
mellowly
• Derived from adjective:
mellow (for: mellowly)
• Usage Domain:
archaism, archaicism

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  high, mellowed, laid-back, mellowly, melt, mellow out