What is the meaning of mellow?

verb

  • Soften, make mellow.
    • usage: "Age and experience mellowed him over the years"
  • Become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial.
    • usage: "With age, he mellowed"
  • Make or grow (more) mellow.
    • usage: "These apples need to mellow a bit more"; "The sun mellowed the fruit"

adjective

  • Unhurried and relaxed.
    • usage: "a mellow conversation"
  • Having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging.
    • usage: "a mellow port"; "mellowed fruit"
  • Having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience.
    • usage: "mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age"
  • Having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience.
    • usage: "mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age"
  • Slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana.

adverb

  • Obsolete) in a mellow manner. (.
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