Mellow

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To become mellow; as, ripe fruit soon mellows. "Prosperity begins to mellow." Shak.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

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

2. Hence:

3. Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; as, a mellow soil. "Mellow glebe." Drayton

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. Warmed by liquor; slightly intoxicated. Addison.