Mellow

Mel´low

a.	1.
	1.	Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp; as, a mellow apple.
	2.	Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; as, a mellow soil. 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.
v. t.	1.	To make mellow. [imp. & p. p. Mellowed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Mellowing.] 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.
v. i.	1.	To become mellow; as, ripe fruit soon mellows.

Verb	1.	mellow - soften, make mellow; "Age and experience mellowed him over the years"
	2.	mellow - become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "With age, he mellowed" Synonyms: mellow out, melt
	3.	mellow - make or grow (more) mellow; "These apples need to mellow a bit more"; "The sun mellowed the fruit"
Adj.	1.	mellow - unhurried and relaxed; "an easygoing pace"; "a mellow conversation" Synonyms: laid-back, easygoing
	2.	mellow - having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging; "a mellow port"; "mellowed fruit" Synonyms: mellowed
	3.	mellow - having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience; "mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age" Synonyms: mellowed
	4.	mellow - 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" Synonyms: mellowing
	5.	mellow - slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana) Synonyms: high
Adv.	1.	mellow - (obsolete) in a mellow manner Synonyms: mellowly

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