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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈmɛləʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmɛloʊ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-mellow.ogg [General-American] Forms: mellower [comparative], more mellow [comparative], mellowest [superlative], most mellow [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛləʊ Etymology: The adjective is derived from Late Middle English melowe, melwe (“ripe, mellow; juicy; sweet”) [and other forms]; further etymology uncertain, possibly: * from an attributive use of melow, melowe, melewe, mele (“meal from ground grain or legumes; flour; kernel of barley or lentils”) [and other forms], from Old English melo, melu (“meal (edible part of a grain or pulse); flour”), from Proto-Germanic *melwą (“ground corn; meal; flour”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to crush; to grind”); or * a variant of Middle English merow, merowe, meruw (“soft, tender; of a person: frail; of love: unstable, variable”) [and other forms], from Old English meru, mearu (“soft, tender; delicate, frail; callow”) [and other forms], from Proto-Germanic *marwaz (“soft, mellow; brittle, delicate”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer(w)- (“to rub; to pack”). The noun and verb are both derived from the adjective. The etymology of noun sense 3 (“close friend; lover”) is unknown, but may also be derived from the adjective. cognates * Dutch murw (“tender”) * German mürbe (“soft, tender”) * German Low German möör (“tender”) * Old Norse mör (“tender; aching”) (Icelandic meyr (“tender”)) * Saterland Frisian muur (“tender”) * West Frisian murf (“tender”) Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*melh₂-|*mer(w)-}}, {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{inh|en|enm|melowe}} Middle English melowe, {{m|enm|melwe|t=ripe, mellow; juicy; sweet}} melwe (“ripe, mellow; juicy; sweet”), {{nb...|melow, melowi|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{glossary|attributive}} attributive, {{m|enm|melow}} melow, {{m|enm|melowe}} melowe, {{m|enm|melewe}} melewe, {{m|enm|mele|t=meal from ground grain or legumes; flour; kernel of barley or lentils}} mele (“meal from ground grain or legumes; flour; kernel of barley or lentils”), {{nb...|mel, melu, meluwe|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{inh|en|ang|melo}} Old English melo, {{m|ang|melu|t=meal (edible part of a grain or pulse); flour}} melu (“meal (edible part of a grain or pulse); flour”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*melwą|t=ground corn; meal; flour}} Proto-Germanic *melwą (“ground corn; meal; flour”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*melh₂-|t=to crush; to grind}} Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to crush; to grind”), {{inh|en|enm|merow}} Middle English merow, {{m|enm|merowe}} merowe, {{m|enm|meruw|t=soft, tender; of a person: frail; of love: unstable, variable}} meruw (“soft, tender; of a person: frail; of love: unstable, variable”), {{nb...|mearewe, mearuw, mereuh, meru, meruwe, meruȝ, meruʒ, merwe, (Early Middle English) mearwe|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{inh|en|ang|meru}} Old English meru, {{m|ang|mearu|t=soft, tender; delicate, frail; callow}} mearu (“soft, tender; delicate, frail; callow”), {{nb...|mæru, mearu, mearwe, merwe, myru|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{inh|en|gem-pro|*marwaz|t=soft, mellow; brittle, delicate}} Proto-Germanic *marwaz (“soft, mellow; brittle, delicate”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*mer(w)-|t=to rub; to pack}} Proto-Indo-European *mer(w)- (“to rub; to pack”), {{glossary|noun}} noun, {{glossary|verb}} verb, {{sup|3}} ³, {{sup|2}} ², {{cog|nl|murw|t=tender}} Dutch murw (“tender”), {{cog|de|mürbe|t=soft, tender}} German mürbe (“soft, tender”), {{cog|nds-de|möör|t=tender}} German Low German möör (“tender”), {{cog|non|mör|t=tender; aching}} Old Norse mör (“tender; aching”), {{cog|is|meyr|t=tender}} Icelandic meyr (“tender”), {{cog|stq|muur|t=tender}} Saterland Frisian muur (“tender”), {{cog|fy|murf|t=tender}} West Frisian murf (“tender”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} mellow (comparative mellower or more mellow, superlative mellowest or most mellow)
  1. (also figuratively, of fruit) Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp. Tags: also, figuratively Synonyms: mellowy, soft Translations (of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp): зрял (zrjal) (Bulgarian), melós (Catalan), 醇美 (chúnměi) (Chinese Mandarin), moelleux (French), მწიფე (mc̣ipe) (Georgian), წვნიანი (c̣vniani) (Georgian), რბილი (rbili) (Georgian), მოწეული (moc̣euli) (Georgian), zart (German), weich (German), séimh (Irish), méith (Irish), mītis (Latin), saunft (Plautdietsch), спе́лый (spélyj) (Russian), со́чный (sóčnyj) (Russian), mantecoso (Spanish), relajado (Spanish), blando (Spanish), หวานฉ่ำ (wǎan-chàm) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-mellow-en-adj-5WeuTsvl Disambiguation of 'of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp': 63 2 3 5 3 5 3 5 6 3 2
  2. (also figuratively, of food or drink, or its flavour) Matured and smooth, and not acidic, harsh, or sharp. Tags: also, figuratively
    Sense id: en-mellow-en-adj-YPkGO8Q7
  3. (of soil) Soft and easily penetrated or worked; not hard or rigid; loamy. Synonyms: yielding Translations (of soil: soft and easily penetrated or worked; not hard or rigid): ร่วน (rûuan) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-mellow-en-adj-L-Wq9GR- Disambiguation of 'of soil: soft and easily penetrated or worked; not hard or rigid': 4 6 61 3 1 9 6 3 3 2 1
  4. (chiefly poetic)
    (of leaves, seeds, plants, etc.) Mature; of crops: ready to be harvested; ripe.     Tags: poetic, usually
    Sense id: en-mellow-en-adj-Eob0u9N-
  5. (chiefly poetic)
    (of a place, or the climate or weather) Fruitful and warm.     Tags: poetic Synonyms: mellowy
    Sense id: en-mellow-en-adj-1fKG1NwR
  6. (figuratively)
    (of colour, sound, style, etc.) Not coarse, brash, harsh, or rough; delicate, rich, soft, subdued.     Tags: figuratively, usually Synonyms: mellowy
    Sense id: en-mellow-en-adj-7~XoS1Hz
  7. (figuratively)
    Senses relating to a person or their qualities.
    Well-matured from age or experience; not impetuous or impulsive; calm, dignified, gentle.     Tags: figuratively Translations (well-matured from age or experience; not impetuous or impulsive — see also calm, dignified, gentle): สุขุม (sù-kǔm) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-mellow-en-adj-uH~3qEk0 Disambiguation of 'well-matured from age or experience; not impetuous or impulsive — see also calm, dignified, gentle': 4 5 5 5 2 7 55 8 4 4 1
  8. (figuratively)
    Senses relating to a person or their qualities.
    Cheerful, genial, jovial, merry; also, easygoing, laid-back, relaxed.     Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms: convivial, gay, happy, casual, easy-breezy
    Sense id: en-mellow-en-adj-BEtZfe4S Disambiguation of Personality: 4 0 4 14 0 9 8 19 6 3 1 1 9 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 6 0 1 2
  9. (figuratively)
    Senses relating to a person or their qualities.
    Drunk, intoxicated; especially slightly or pleasantly so, or to an extent that makes one cheerful and friendly.     Tags: figuratively Synonyms: mellowish, drunk
    Sense id: en-mellow-en-adj-R-KXM0GU
  10. (figuratively)
    Senses relating to a person or their qualities.
    (chiefly US, slang) Pleasantly high or stoned, and relaxed after taking drugs; also, of drugs: slightly intoxicating and tending to produce such effects.     Tags: US, figuratively, slang Synonyms: stoned
    Sense id: en-mellow-en-adj-56yqSlw5 Categories (other): American English, American English Disambiguation of American English: 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 29 1 0 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 25 1 4 1 16
  11. (chiefly African-American Vernacular, slang) Pleasing in some way; excellent, fantastic, great. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-mellow-en-adj-BScVTKtL Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: if it's yellow let it mellow, mellowish, mellowly, mellowness, mellowspeak, mellowy, mellow yellow

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmɛləʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmɛloʊ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-mellow.ogg [General-American] Forms: mellows [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛləʊ Etymology: The adjective is derived from Late Middle English melowe, melwe (“ripe, mellow; juicy; sweet”) [and other forms]; further etymology uncertain, possibly: * from an attributive use of melow, melowe, melewe, mele (“meal from ground grain or legumes; flour; kernel of barley or lentils”) [and other forms], from Old English melo, melu (“meal (edible part of a grain or pulse); flour”), from Proto-Germanic *melwą (“ground corn; meal; flour”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to crush; to grind”); or * a variant of Middle English merow, merowe, meruw (“soft, tender; of a person: frail; of love: unstable, variable”) [and other forms], from Old English meru, mearu (“soft, tender; delicate, frail; callow”) [and other forms], from Proto-Germanic *marwaz (“soft, mellow; brittle, delicate”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer(w)- (“to rub; to pack”). The noun and verb are both derived from the adjective. The etymology of noun sense 3 (“close friend; lover”) is unknown, but may also be derived from the adjective. cognates * Dutch murw (“tender”) * German mürbe (“soft, tender”) * German Low German möör (“tender”) * Old Norse mör (“tender; aching”) (Icelandic meyr (“tender”)) * Saterland Frisian muur (“tender”) * West Frisian murf (“tender”) Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*melh₂-|*mer(w)-}}, {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{inh|en|enm|melowe}} Middle English melowe, {{m|enm|melwe|t=ripe, mellow; juicy; sweet}} melwe (“ripe, mellow; juicy; sweet”), {{nb...|melow, melowi|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{glossary|attributive}} attributive, {{m|enm|melow}} melow, {{m|enm|melowe}} melowe, {{m|enm|melewe}} melewe, {{m|enm|mele|t=meal from ground grain or legumes; flour; kernel of barley or lentils}} mele (“meal from ground grain or legumes; flour; kernel of barley or lentils”), {{nb...|mel, melu, meluwe|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{inh|en|ang|melo}} Old English melo, {{m|ang|melu|t=meal (edible part of a grain or pulse); flour}} melu (“meal (edible part of a grain or pulse); flour”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*melwą|t=ground corn; meal; flour}} Proto-Germanic *melwą (“ground corn; meal; flour”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*melh₂-|t=to crush; to grind}} Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to crush; to grind”), {{inh|en|enm|merow}} Middle English merow, {{m|enm|merowe}} merowe, {{m|enm|meruw|t=soft, tender; of a person: frail; of love: unstable, variable}} meruw (“soft, tender; of a person: frail; of love: unstable, variable”), {{nb...|mearewe, mearuw, mereuh, meru, meruwe, meruȝ, meruʒ, merwe, (Early Middle English) mearwe|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{inh|en|ang|meru}} Old English meru, {{m|ang|mearu|t=soft, tender; delicate, frail; callow}} mearu (“soft, tender; delicate, frail; callow”), {{nb...|mæru, mearu, mearwe, merwe, myru|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{inh|en|gem-pro|*marwaz|t=soft, mellow; brittle, delicate}} Proto-Germanic *marwaz (“soft, mellow; brittle, delicate”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*mer(w)-|t=to rub; to pack}} Proto-Indo-European *mer(w)- (“to rub; to pack”), {{glossary|noun}} noun, {{glossary|verb}} verb, {{sup|3}} ³, {{sup|2}} ², {{cog|nl|murw|t=tender}} Dutch murw (“tender”), {{cog|de|mürbe|t=soft, tender}} German mürbe (“soft, tender”), {{cog|nds-de|möör|t=tender}} German Low German möör (“tender”), {{cog|non|mör|t=tender; aching}} Old Norse mör (“tender; aching”), {{cog|is|meyr|t=tender}} Icelandic meyr (“tender”), {{cog|stq|muur|t=tender}} Saterland Frisian muur (“tender”), {{cog|fy|murf|t=tender}} West Frisian murf (“tender”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} mellow (plural mellows)
  1. The property of being mellow; mellowness. Tags: US, informal
    Sense id: en-mellow-en-noun-D3CL0~-d
  2. (specifically) A comfortable or relaxed mood. Tags: US, informal, specifically
    Sense id: en-mellow-en-noun-De6x5GSW
  3. (African-American Vernacular) Also main mellow: a close friend or lover. Tags: US, informal
    Sense id: en-mellow-en-noun-SxRikOVS Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: harsh one's mellow

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈmɛləʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmɛloʊ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-mellow.ogg [General-American] Forms: mellows [present, singular, third-person], mellowing [participle, present], mellowed [participle, past], mellowed [past]
Rhymes: -ɛləʊ Etymology: The adjective is derived from Late Middle English melowe, melwe (“ripe, mellow; juicy; sweet”) [and other forms]; further etymology uncertain, possibly: * from an attributive use of melow, melowe, melewe, mele (“meal from ground grain or legumes; flour; kernel of barley or lentils”) [and other forms], from Old English melo, melu (“meal (edible part of a grain or pulse); flour”), from Proto-Germanic *melwą (“ground corn; meal; flour”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to crush; to grind”); or * a variant of Middle English merow, merowe, meruw (“soft, tender; of a person: frail; of love: unstable, variable”) [and other forms], from Old English meru, mearu (“soft, tender; delicate, frail; callow”) [and other forms], from Proto-Germanic *marwaz (“soft, mellow; brittle, delicate”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer(w)- (“to rub; to pack”). The noun and verb are both derived from the adjective. The etymology of noun sense 3 (“close friend; lover”) is unknown, but may also be derived from the adjective. cognates * Dutch murw (“tender”) * German mürbe (“soft, tender”) * German Low German möör (“tender”) * Old Norse mör (“tender; aching”) (Icelandic meyr (“tender”)) * Saterland Frisian muur (“tender”) * West Frisian murf (“tender”) Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*melh₂-|*mer(w)-}}, {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{inh|en|enm|melowe}} Middle English melowe, {{m|enm|melwe|t=ripe, mellow; juicy; sweet}} melwe (“ripe, mellow; juicy; sweet”), {{nb...|melow, melowi|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{glossary|attributive}} attributive, {{m|enm|melow}} melow, {{m|enm|melowe}} melowe, {{m|enm|melewe}} melewe, {{m|enm|mele|t=meal from ground grain or legumes; flour; kernel of barley or lentils}} mele (“meal from ground grain or legumes; flour; kernel of barley or lentils”), {{nb...|mel, melu, meluwe|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{inh|en|ang|melo}} Old English melo, {{m|ang|melu|t=meal (edible part of a grain or pulse); flour}} melu (“meal (edible part of a grain or pulse); flour”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*melwą|t=ground corn; meal; flour}} Proto-Germanic *melwą (“ground corn; meal; flour”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*melh₂-|t=to crush; to grind}} Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to crush; to grind”), {{inh|en|enm|merow}} Middle English merow, {{m|enm|merowe}} merowe, {{m|enm|meruw|t=soft, tender; of a person: frail; of love: unstable, variable}} meruw (“soft, tender; of a person: frail; of love: unstable, variable”), {{nb...|mearewe, mearuw, mereuh, meru, meruwe, meruȝ, meruʒ, merwe, (Early Middle English) mearwe|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{inh|en|ang|meru}} Old English meru, {{m|ang|mearu|t=soft, tender; delicate, frail; callow}} mearu (“soft, tender; delicate, frail; callow”), {{nb...|mæru, mearu, mearwe, merwe, myru|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{inh|en|gem-pro|*marwaz|t=soft, mellow; brittle, delicate}} Proto-Germanic *marwaz (“soft, mellow; brittle, delicate”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*mer(w)-|t=to rub; to pack}} Proto-Indo-European *mer(w)- (“to rub; to pack”), {{glossary|noun}} noun, {{glossary|verb}} verb, {{sup|3}} ³, {{sup|2}} ², {{cog|nl|murw|t=tender}} Dutch murw (“tender”), {{cog|de|mürbe|t=soft, tender}} German mürbe (“soft, tender”), {{cog|nds-de|möör|t=tender}} German Low German möör (“tender”), {{cog|non|mör|t=tender; aching}} Old Norse mör (“tender; aching”), {{cog|is|meyr|t=tender}} Icelandic meyr (“tender”), {{cog|stq|muur|t=tender}} Saterland Frisian muur (“tender”), {{cog|fy|murf|t=tender}} West Frisian murf (“tender”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} mellow (third-person singular simple present mellows, present participle mellowing, simple past and past participle mellowed)
  1. (transitive)
    To cause (fruit) to become soft or tender, specifically by ripening.     Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-mellow-en-verb-BpqG~Wm0
  2. (transitive)
    To cause (food or drink, for example, cheese or wine, or its flavour) to become matured and smooth, and not acidic, harsh, or sharp.     Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-mellow-en-verb-4GLb757G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 3 3 3 4 4 3 6 7 5 3 3 1 2 1 8 3 3 3 1 9 2 3 6 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 6 6 6 5 2 1 4 1 10 3 3 3 1 9 2 3 5 8
  3. (transitive)
    (archaic except British, regional) To soften (land or soil) and make it suitable for planting in.     Tags: regional, transitive
    Sense id: en-mellow-en-verb-vXxPO-X4 Categories (other): British English, Regional English
  4. (transitive)
    (figuratively)
    To reduce or remove the harshness or roughness from (something); to soften, to subdue, to tone down.     Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-mellow-en-verb-tnC7zj4f
  5. (transitive)
    (figuratively)
    To cause (a person) to become calmer, gentler, and more understanding, particularly from age or experience.     Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-mellow-en-verb-SpTHmZsm
  6. (transitive)
    (figuratively)
    (chiefly passive voice) To cause (a person) to become slightly or pleasantly drunk or intoxicated.     Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-mellow-en-verb-KPeBuR5x
  7. (transitive)
    (figuratively)
    (also reflexive, originally US, informal) Followed by out: to relax (a person); in particular, to cause (a person) to become pleasantly high or stoned by taking drugs.     Tags: also, figuratively, informal, reflexive, transitive
    Sense id: en-mellow-en-verb-9iAqsAVI Categories (other): American English, American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of American English: 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 29 1 0 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 25 1 4 1 16 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 3 3 3 4 4 3 6 7 5 3 3 1 2 1 8 3 3 3 1 9 2 3 6 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 6 6 6 5 2 1 4 1 10 3 3 3 1 9 2 3 5 8
  8. (intransitive)
    (of food or drink, or its flavour) To mature and lose its harshness or sharpness.     Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-mellow-en-verb-~XkdAXzJ
  9. (intransitive)
    (archaic except British, regional, of soil) To be rendered soft and suitable for planting in.     Tags: intransitive, regional
    Sense id: en-mellow-en-verb-Ns1TdZy5 Categories (other): British English, Regional English
  10. (intransitive)
    (figuratively)
    To lose harshness; to become gentler, subdued, or toned down.     Tags: figuratively, intransitive
    Sense id: en-mellow-en-verb-XekhRl91
  11. (intransitive)
    (figuratively)
    (originally US, informal, followed by out, of a person) To relax; in particular, to become pleasantly high or stoned by taking drugs.     Tags: figuratively, informal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-mellow-en-verb-TdFKVnYL Categories (other): American English, American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of American English: 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 29 1 0 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 25 1 4 1 16 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 3 3 3 4 4 3 6 7 5 3 3 1 2 1 8 3 3 3 1 9 2 3 6 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mellowed [adjective], mellower, mellowing [adjective, noun], mellow out, unmellowed

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for mellow meaning in All languages combined (43.1kB)

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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*melwą",
        "t": "ground corn; meal; flour"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *melwą (“ground corn; meal; flour”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*melh₂-",
        "t": "to crush; to grind"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to crush; to grind”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "merow"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English merow",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "merowe"
      },
      "expansion": "merowe",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "meruw",
        "t": "soft, tender; of a person: frail; of love: unstable, variable"
      },
      "expansion": "meruw (“soft, tender; of a person: frail; of love: unstable, variable”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mearewe, mearuw, mereuh, meru, meruwe, meruȝ, meruʒ, merwe, (Early Middle English) mearwe",
        "otherforms": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "[and other forms]",
      "name": "nb..."
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "meru"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English meru",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "mearu",
        "t": "soft, tender; delicate, frail; callow"
      },
      "expansion": "mearu (“soft, tender; delicate, frail; callow”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mæru, mearu, mearwe, merwe, myru",
        "otherforms": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "[and other forms]",
      "name": "nb..."
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*marwaz",
        "t": "soft, mellow; brittle, delicate"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *marwaz (“soft, mellow; brittle, delicate”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*mer(w)-",
        "t": "to rub; to pack"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mer(w)- (“to rub; to pack”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "noun",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "verb",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "3"
      },
      "expansion": "³",
      "name": "sup"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "²",
      "name": "sup"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "murw",
        "t": "tender"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch murw (“tender”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "mürbe",
        "t": "soft, tender"
      },
      "expansion": "German mürbe (“soft, tender”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "möör",
        "t": "tender"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German möör (“tender”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "mör",
        "t": "tender; aching"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse mör (“tender; aching”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "meyr",
        "t": "tender"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic meyr (“tender”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "muur",
        "t": "tender"
      },
      "expansion": "Saterland Frisian muur (“tender”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "murf",
        "t": "tender"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian murf (“tender”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The adjective is derived from Late Middle English melowe, melwe (“ripe, mellow; juicy; sweet”) [and other forms]; further etymology uncertain, possibly:\n* from an attributive use of melow, melowe, melewe, mele (“meal from ground grain or legumes; flour; kernel of barley or lentils”) [and other forms], from Old English melo, melu (“meal (edible part of a grain or pulse); flour”), from Proto-Germanic *melwą (“ground corn; meal; flour”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to crush; to grind”); or\n* a variant of Middle English merow, merowe, meruw (“soft, tender; of a person: frail; of love: unstable, variable”) [and other forms], from Old English meru, mearu (“soft, tender; delicate, frail; callow”) [and other forms], from Proto-Germanic *marwaz (“soft, mellow; brittle, delicate”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer(w)- (“to rub; to pack”).\nThe noun and verb are both derived from the adjective. The etymology of noun sense 3 (“close friend; lover”) is unknown, but may also be derived from the adjective.\ncognates\n* Dutch murw (“tender”)\n* German mürbe (“soft, tender”)\n* German Low German möör (“tender”)\n* Old Norse mör (“tender; aching”) (Icelandic meyr (“tender”))\n* Saterland Frisian muur (“tender”)\n* West Frisian murf (“tender”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mellower",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more mellow",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mellowest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most mellow",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er",
        "2": "more"
      },
      "expansion": "mellow (comparative mellower or more mellow, superlative mellowest or most mellow)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mel‧low"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a mellow apple",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp."
      ],
      "id": "en-mellow-en-adj-5WeuTsvl",
      "links": [
        [
          "fruit",
          "fruit#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "Soft",
          "soft#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "tender",
          "tender#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "reason",
          "reason#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "ripeness",
          "ripeness"
        ],
        [
          "having",
          "have#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "pulp",
          "pulp#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(also figuratively, of fruit) Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of fruit"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mellowy"
        },
        {
          "word": "soft"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "63 2 3 5 3 5 3 5 6 3 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zrjal",
          "sense": "of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp",
          "word": "зрял"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 2 3 5 3 5 3 5 6 3 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp",
          "word": "melós"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 2 3 5 3 5 3 5 6 3 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chúnměi",
          "sense": "of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp",
          "word": "醇美"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 2 3 5 3 5 3 5 6 3 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp",
          "word": "moelleux"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 2 3 5 3 5 3 5 6 3 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mc̣ipe",
          "sense": "of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp",
          "word": "მწიფე"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 2 3 5 3 5 3 5 6 3 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "c̣vniani",
          "sense": "of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp",
          "word": "წვნიანი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 2 3 5 3 5 3 5 6 3 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "rbili",
          "sense": "of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp",
          "word": "რბილი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 2 3 5 3 5 3 5 6 3 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "moc̣euli",
          "sense": "of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp",
          "word": "მოწეული"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 2 3 5 3 5 3 5 6 3 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp",
          "word": "zart"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 2 3 5 3 5 3 5 6 3 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp",
          "word": "weich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 2 3 5 3 5 3 5 6 3 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp",
          "word": "séimh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 2 3 5 3 5 3 5 6 3 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp",
          "word": "méith"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 2 3 5 3 5 3 5 6 3 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp",
          "word": "mītis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 2 3 5 3 5 3 5 6 3 2",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp",
          "word": "saunft"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 2 3 5 3 5 3 5 6 3 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "spélyj",
          "sense": "of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp",
          "word": "спе́лый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 2 3 5 3 5 3 5 6 3 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sóčnyj",
          "sense": "of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp",
          "word": "со́чный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 2 3 5 3 5 3 5 6 3 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp",
          "word": "mantecoso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 2 3 5 3 5 3 5 6 3 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp",
          "word": "relajado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 2 3 5 3 5 3 5 6 3 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp",
          "word": "blando"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 2 3 5 3 5 3 5 6 3 2",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "wǎan-chàm",
          "sense": "of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp",
          "word": "หวานฉ่ำ"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Matured and smooth, and not acidic, harsh, or sharp."
      ],
      "id": "en-mellow-en-adj-YPkGO8Q7",
      "links": [
        [
          "food",
          "food"
        ],
        [
          "drink",
          "drink#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "flavour",
          "flavour#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "Matured",
          "matured#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "smooth",
          "smooth#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "acidic",
          "acidic"
        ],
        [
          "harsh",
          "harsh#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "sharp",
          "sharp#Adjective"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "or its flavour",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(also figuratively, of food or drink, or its flavour) Matured and smooth, and not acidic, harsh, or sharp."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of food or drink"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Soft and easily penetrated or worked; not hard or rigid; loamy."
      ],
      "id": "en-mellow-en-adj-L-Wq9GR-",
      "links": [
        [
          "soil",
          "soil#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "easily",
          "easily"
        ],
        [
          "penetrate",
          "penetrate"
        ],
        [
          "worked",
          "work#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "hard",
          "hard#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "rigid",
          "rigid"
        ],
        [
          "loamy",
          "loamy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of soil) Soft and easily penetrated or worked; not hard or rigid; loamy."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of soil"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "yielding"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 6 61 3 1 9 6 3 3 2 1",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "rûuan",
          "sense": "of soil: soft and easily penetrated or worked; not hard or rigid",
          "word": "ร่วน"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1792, [William] Cowper, “The Needless Alarm. A Tale.”, in The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers, and Disposed under Proper Heads, with a View to Facilitate the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking. […], new edition, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 70",
          "text": "Nor autumn yet had bruſh'd from ev'ry ſpray, / With her chill hand, the mellow leaves away; […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Mature; of crops: ready to be harvested; ripe."
      ],
      "id": "en-mellow-en-adj-Eob0u9N-",
      "links": [
        [
          "poetic",
          "poetic"
        ],
        [
          "leaves",
          "leaf#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "seeds",
          "seed#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "plants",
          "plant#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "Mature",
          "mature#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "crops",
          "crop#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "ready",
          "ready#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "harvested",
          "harvest#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "ripe",
          "ripe#Adjective"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "seeds; plants; seeds; plants",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly poetic)",
        "(of leaves, seeds, plants, etc.) Mature; of crops: ready to be harvested; ripe."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of leaves"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "poetic",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "Fruitful and warm."
      ],
      "id": "en-mellow-en-adj-1fKG1NwR",
      "links": [
        [
          "poetic",
          "poetic"
        ],
        [
          "place",
          "place#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "climate",
          "climate"
        ],
        [
          "weather",
          "weather#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "Fruitful",
          "fruitful"
        ],
        [
          "warm",
          "warm#Adjective"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "or the climate or weather",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly poetic)",
        "(of a place, or the climate or weather) Fruitful and warm."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a place"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mellowy"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "poetic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1822, James G[ates] Percival, “Canto XXVII”, in Prometheus, Part II: With Other Poems, New Haven, Conn.: […] A. H. Maltby and Co., →OCLC, page 18",
          "text": "It was from gazing on the fairy hues, / That hung around the born and dying day; / The tender flush, whose mellow stain imbues / Heaven with all freaks of light, and where it lay / Deep-bosom'd in a still and waveless bay, / The sea reflected all that glow'd above, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Not coarse, brash, harsh, or rough; delicate, rich, soft, subdued."
      ],
      "id": "en-mellow-en-adj-7~XoS1Hz",
      "links": [
        [
          "colour",
          "colour#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "sound",
          "sound#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "style",
          "style#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "coarse",
          "coarse"
        ],
        [
          "brash",
          "brash#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "rough",
          "rough#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "delicate",
          "delicate#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "rich",
          "rich#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "subdued",
          "subdued#Adjective"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "sound; style; sound; style",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively)",
        "(of colour, sound, style, etc.) Not coarse, brash, harsh, or rough; delicate, rich, soft, subdued."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of colour"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mellowy"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Senses relating to a person or their qualities.",
        "Well-matured from age or experience; not impetuous or impulsive; calm, dignified, gentle."
      ],
      "id": "en-mellow-en-adj-uH~3qEk0",
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "qualities",
          "quality#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "Well",
          "well#Adverb"
        ],
        [
          "age",
          "age#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "experience",
          "experience#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "impetuous",
          "impetuous"
        ],
        [
          "impulsive",
          "impulsive"
        ],
        [
          "calm",
          "calm#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "dignified",
          "dignified#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "gentle",
          "gentle#Adjective"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively)",
        "Senses relating to a person or their qualities.",
        "Well-matured from age or experience; not impetuous or impulsive; calm, dignified, gentle."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 5 5 2 7 55 8 4 4 1",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "sù-kǔm",
          "sense": "well-matured from age or experience; not impetuous or impulsive — see also calm, dignified, gentle",
          "word": "สุขุม"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 0 4 14 0 9 8 19 6 3 1 1 9 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 6 0 1 2",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Personality",
          "orig": "en:Personality",
          "parents": [
            "Mind",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "(cheerful):"
        },
        {
          "text": "(relaxed):"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1966 October 24, Donovan Phillips Leitch (lyrics and music), “Mellow Yellow”, in Mellow Yellow, performed by Donovan",
          "text": "I'm just mad about Saffron / A-Saffron's mad about me / I'm-a just mad about Saffron / She's just mad about me / They call me mellow yellow (quite rightly) / They call me mellow yellow (quite rightly) / They call me mellow yellow",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Senses relating to a person or their qualities.",
        "Cheerful, genial, jovial, merry; also, easygoing, laid-back, relaxed."
      ],
      "id": "en-mellow-en-adj-BEtZfe4S",
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "qualities",
          "quality#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "Cheerful",
          "cheerful"
        ],
        [
          "genial",
          "genial"
        ],
        [
          "jovial",
          "jovial"
        ],
        [
          "merry",
          "merry"
        ],
        [
          "easygoing",
          "easygoing"
        ],
        [
          "laid-back",
          "laid-back"
        ],
        [
          "relaxed",
          "relaxed#Adjective"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively)",
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        "figuratively"
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        ],
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          "Drunk",
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        ],
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          "intoxicated",
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          "slightly",
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        ],
        [
          "pleasantly",
          "pleasantly"
        ],
        [
          "extent",
          "extent"
        ],
        [
          "makes",
          "make#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "friendly",
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        ]
      ],
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        "(figuratively)",
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        {
          "word": "mellowish"
        },
        {
          "word": "drunk"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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        }
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        {
          "ref": "2004, Cecil Young, “Department of Health”, in One Canada: Creating the Greatest Country on Earth, Victoria, B.C.: Trafford Publishing, page 266",
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          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Julie McSorley, Marcus McSorley, “Part One: Early 1980s”, in Out of the Box: The Highs and Lows of a Champion Smuggler, Berkeley, Calif.: Roaring Forties Press, page 30",
          "text": "Late that night, everyone was sprawled on the sofas and bean bags in the lounge room, mellow because they'd smoked a couple of joints of hash.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Carrie Mesrobian, chapter 9, in Perfectly Good White Boy, Minneapolis, Minn.: Carolrhoda Lab, Lerner Publishing Group, page 132",
          "text": "\"It better be that mellow shit, Kerry,\" Wendy said, biting into a cookie. \"I have to work tomorrow.\" / \"It's mellow shit. You've smoked this stuff before.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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          "high",
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          "stoned",
          "stoned#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "taking",
          "take#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "drugs",
          "drug#Noun"
        ],
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          "intoxicating",
          "intoxicating#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "tending",
          "tend#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "produce",
          "produce#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "effects",
          "effect#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively)",
        "Senses relating to a person or their qualities.",
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        {
          "word": "stoned"
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        "US",
        "figuratively",
        "slang"
      ]
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          "kind": "other",
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          "fantastic",
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          "great",
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        "slang"
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/ˈmɛloʊ/",
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        "General-American"
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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        "The property of being mellow; mellowness."
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          "ref": "1997, Neil A. Hamilton, The ABC-CLIO Companion to the 1960s Counterculture in America, Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, page 258, column 1",
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          "ref": "1999, Kurt Andersen, chapter 37, in Turn of the Century, New York, N.Y.: Random House, part 3 (June, July, August, September, October), page 508",
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        {
          "ref": "1994 May 31, Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz, Adam Yauch (lyrics and music), “Do It”, in Ill Communication, performed by the Beastie Boys",
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      "args": {
        "1": "noun"
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      "args": {
        "1": "verb"
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      "args": {
        "1": "3"
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      "args": {
        "1": "2"
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      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
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      "args": {
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        "To cause (food or drink, for example, cheese or wine, or its flavour) to become matured and smooth, and not acidic, harsh, or sharp."
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        "To soften (land or soil) and make it suitable for planting in."
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          "land",
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        [
          "soil",
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          "make",
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        [
          "suitable",
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          "planting",
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      "qualifier": "archaic except British",
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        "(transitive)",
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        "(transitive)",
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        "figuratively",
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          "type": "example"
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        "To cause (a person) to become calmer, gentler, and more understanding, particularly from age or experience."
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          "calmer",
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        [
          "gentler",
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        [
          "understanding",
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        [
          "age",
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        [
          "experience",
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        "(transitive)",
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        "transitive"
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    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause (a person) to become slightly or pleasantly drunk or intoxicated."
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        [
          "drunk",
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          "intoxicated",
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      "qualifier": "chiefly passive voice",
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        "(transitive)",
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        "figuratively",
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          "kind": "other",
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      "glosses": [
        "Followed by out: to relax (a person); in particular, to cause (a person) to become pleasantly high or stoned by taking drugs."
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          "stoned",
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          "taking",
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        [
          "drugs",
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        "(transitive)",
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          "harshness",
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        "intransitive"
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        "To be rendered soft and suitable for planting in."
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      "qualifier": "archaic except British",
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        "(intransitive)",
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        "To lose harshness; to become gentler, subdued, or toned down."
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        "(intransitive)",
        "(figuratively)",
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        "figuratively",
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        "To relax; in particular, to become pleasantly high or stoned by taking drugs."
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      "ipa": "/ˈmɛloʊ/",
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      "rhymes": "-ɛləʊ"
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}

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      "word": "if it's yellow let it mellow"
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      "word": "mellowly"
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
        "1": "3"
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      "args": {
        "1": "2"
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
        "1": "de",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "non",
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        "1": "is",
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      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
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        {
          "ref": "1792, [William] Cowper, “The Needless Alarm. A Tale.”, in The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers, and Disposed under Proper Heads, with a View to Facilitate the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking. […], new edition, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 70",
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      "glosses": [
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          "text": "It was from gazing on the fairy hues, / That hung around the born and dying day; / The tender flush, whose mellow stain imbues / Heaven with all freaks of light, and where it lay / Deep-bosom'd in a still and waveless bay, / The sea reflected all that glow'd above, […]",
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          "word": "mellowish"
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        {
          "word": "drunk"
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      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
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      "categories": [
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          "ref": "2004, Cecil Young, “Department of Health”, in One Canada: Creating the Greatest Country on Earth, Victoria, B.C.: Trafford Publishing, page 266",
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          "ref": "2014, Julie McSorley, Marcus McSorley, “Part One: Early 1980s”, in Out of the Box: The Highs and Lows of a Champion Smuggler, Berkeley, Calif.: Roaring Forties Press, page 30",
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      "ipa": "/ˈmɛləʊ/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/ˈmɛloʊ/",
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      "rhymes": "-ɛləʊ"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zrjal",
      "sense": "of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp",
      "word": "зрял"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp",
      "word": "melós"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chúnměi",
      "sense": "of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp",
      "word": "醇美"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp",
      "word": "moelleux"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mc̣ipe",
      "sense": "of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp",
      "word": "მწიფე"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "c̣vniani",
      "sense": "of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp",
      "word": "წვნიანი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "rbili",
      "sense": "of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp",
      "word": "რბილი"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "moc̣euli",
      "sense": "of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp",
      "word": "მოწეული"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp",
      "word": "zart"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp",
      "word": "weich"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp",
      "word": "séimh"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp",
      "word": "méith"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp",
      "word": "mītis"
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      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
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      "word": "saunft"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "спе́лый"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "со́чный"
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "mantecoso"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp",
      "word": "relajado"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp",
      "word": "blando"
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      "code": "th",
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      "roman": "wǎan-chàm",
      "sense": "of fruit: soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp",
      "word": "หวานฉ่ำ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
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      "roman": "rûuan",
      "sense": "of soil: soft and easily penetrated or worked; not hard or rigid",
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    {
      "code": "th",
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      "roman": "sù-kǔm",
      "sense": "well-matured from age or experience; not impetuous or impulsive — see also calm, dignified, gentle",
      "word": "สุขุม"
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}

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      "args": {
        "1": "noun"
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
        "1": "3"
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      "args": {
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
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      "args": {
        "1": "non",
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      "args": {
        "1": "is",
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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          "ref": "1997, Neil A. Hamilton, The ABC-CLIO Companion to the 1960s Counterculture in America, Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, page 258, column 1",
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        },
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          "ref": "1999, Kurt Andersen, chapter 37, in Turn of the Century, New York, N.Y.: Random House, part 3 (June, July, August, September, October), page 508",
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          "ref": "1994 May 31, Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz, Adam Yauch (lyrics and music), “Do It”, in Ill Communication, performed by the Beastie Boys",
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      "args": {
        "1": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "noun",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "verb",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "3"
      },
      "expansion": "³",
      "name": "sup"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "²",
      "name": "sup"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "murw",
        "t": "tender"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch murw (“tender”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "mürbe",
        "t": "soft, tender"
      },
      "expansion": "German mürbe (“soft, tender”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "möör",
        "t": "tender"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German möör (“tender”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "mör",
        "t": "tender; aching"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse mör (“tender; aching”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "meyr",
        "t": "tender"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic meyr (“tender”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "muur",
        "t": "tender"
      },
      "expansion": "Saterland Frisian muur (“tender”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "murf",
        "t": "tender"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian murf (“tender”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The adjective is derived from Late Middle English melowe, melwe (“ripe, mellow; juicy; sweet”) [and other forms]; further etymology uncertain, possibly:\n* from an attributive use of melow, melowe, melewe, mele (“meal from ground grain or legumes; flour; kernel of barley or lentils”) [and other forms], from Old English melo, melu (“meal (edible part of a grain or pulse); flour”), from Proto-Germanic *melwą (“ground corn; meal; flour”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to crush; to grind”); or\n* a variant of Middle English merow, merowe, meruw (“soft, tender; of a person: frail; of love: unstable, variable”) [and other forms], from Old English meru, mearu (“soft, tender; delicate, frail; callow”) [and other forms], from Proto-Germanic *marwaz (“soft, mellow; brittle, delicate”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer(w)- (“to rub; to pack”).\nThe noun and verb are both derived from the adjective. The etymology of noun sense 3 (“close friend; lover”) is unknown, but may also be derived from the adjective.\ncognates\n* Dutch murw (“tender”)\n* German mürbe (“soft, tender”)\n* German Low German möör (“tender”)\n* Old Norse mör (“tender; aching”) (Icelandic meyr (“tender”))\n* Saterland Frisian muur (“tender”)\n* West Frisian murf (“tender”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mellows",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mellowing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mellowed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mellowed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "mellow (third-person singular simple present mellows, present participle mellowing, simple past and past participle mellowed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mel‧low"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause (fruit) to become soft or tender, specifically by ripening."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cause",
          "cause#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "fruit",
          "fruit#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "become",
          "become"
        ],
        [
          "soft",
          "soft#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "tender",
          "tender#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "ripening",
          "ripening#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "To cause (fruit) to become soft or tender, specifically by ripening."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause (food or drink, for example, cheese or wine, or its flavour) to become matured and smooth, and not acidic, harsh, or sharp."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "food",
          "food"
        ],
        [
          "drink",
          "drink#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "cheese",
          "cheese#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "wine",
          "wine#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "flavour",
          "flavour#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "matured",
          "matured#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "smooth",
          "smooth#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "acidic",
          "acidic"
        ],
        [
          "harsh",
          "harsh#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "sharp",
          "sharp#Adjective"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "To cause (food or drink, for example, cheese or wine, or its flavour) to become matured and smooth, and not acidic, harsh, or sharp."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Regional English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To soften (land or soil) and make it suitable for planting in."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "regional",
          "regional#English"
        ],
        [
          "soften",
          "soften"
        ],
        [
          "land",
          "land#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "soil",
          "soil#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "make",
          "make#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "suitable",
          "suitable"
        ],
        [
          "planting",
          "planting#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "archaic except British",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(archaic except British, regional) To soften (land or soil) and make it suitable for planting in."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "regional",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To reduce or remove the harshness or roughness from (something); to soften, to subdue, to tone down."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reduce",
          "reduce"
        ],
        [
          "remove",
          "remove"
        ],
        [
          "harshness",
          "harshness"
        ],
        [
          "roughness",
          "roughness"
        ],
        [
          "subdue",
          "subdue"
        ],
        [
          "tone down",
          "tone down"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(figuratively)",
        "To reduce or remove the harshness or roughness from (something); to soften, to subdue, to tone down."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The fervour of early feeling is tempered and mellowed by the ripeness of age.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause (a person) to become calmer, gentler, and more understanding, particularly from age or experience."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "calmer",
          "calm#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "gentler",
          "gentle#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "understanding",
          "understanding#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "age",
          "age#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "experience",
          "experience#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(figuratively)",
        "To cause (a person) to become calmer, gentler, and more understanding, particularly from age or experience."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause (a person) to become slightly or pleasantly drunk or intoxicated."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "slightly",
          "slightly"
        ],
        [
          "pleasantly",
          "pleasantly"
        ],
        [
          "drunk",
          "drunk#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "intoxicated",
          "intoxicated#Adjective"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "chiefly passive voice",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(figuratively)",
        "(chiefly passive voice) To cause (a person) to become slightly or pleasantly drunk or intoxicated."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English informal terms",
        "English reflexive verbs",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Followed by out: to relax (a person); in particular, to cause (a person) to become pleasantly high or stoned by taking drugs."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "out",
          "out#Adverb"
        ],
        [
          "relax",
          "relax"
        ],
        [
          "high",
          "high#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "stoned",
          "stoned#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "taking",
          "take#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "drugs",
          "drug#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(figuratively)",
        "(also reflexive, originally US, informal) Followed by out: to relax (a person); in particular, to cause (a person) to become pleasantly high or stoned by taking drugs."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "figuratively",
        "informal",
        "reflexive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To mature and lose its harshness or sharpness."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mature",
          "mature#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "lose",
          "lose#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "harshness",
          "harshness"
        ],
        [
          "sharpness",
          "sharpness"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "or its flavour",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive)",
        "(of food or drink, or its flavour) To mature and lose its harshness or sharpness."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of food or drink"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "Regional English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be rendered soft and suitable for planting in."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "regional",
          "regional#English"
        ],
        [
          "rendered",
          "render#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "soft",
          "soft#Adjective"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "archaic except British",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive)",
        "(archaic except British, regional, of soil) To be rendered soft and suitable for planting in."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of soil"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "regional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To lose harshness; to become gentler, subdued, or toned down."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "subdued",
          "subdued#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "toned down",
          "toned down#Adjective"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive)",
        "(figuratively)",
        "To lose harshness; to become gentler, subdued, or toned down."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English informal terms",
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To relax; in particular, to become pleasantly high or stoned by taking drugs."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "out",
          "out"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive)",
        "(figuratively)",
        "(originally US, informal, followed by out, of a person) To relax; in particular, to become pleasantly high or stoned by taking drugs."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "followed by out",
        "of a person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "informal",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛləʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛloʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛləʊ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-mellow.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f2/En-us-mellow.ogg/En-us-mellow.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/En-us-mellow.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (GA)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mellow"
}

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