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▸ adjective: (also figuratively, of food or drink, or its flavour) Matured and smooth, and not acidic, harsh, or sharp.
▸ adjective: (of soil) Soft and easily penetrated or worked; not hard or rigid; loamy.
▸ adjective: (chiefly poetic)
▸ adjective: (of leaves, seeds, plants, etc.) Mature; of crops: ready to be harvested; ripe.
▸ adjective: (of a place, or the climate or weather) Fruitful and warm.
▸ adjective: (figuratively)
▸ adjective: (of colour, sound, style, etc.) Not coarse, brash, harsh, or rough; delicate, rich, soft, subdued.
▸ adjective: Senses relating to a person or their qualities.
▸ adjective: Well-matured from age or experience; not impetuous or impulsive; calm, dignified, gentle.
▸ adjective: Cheerful, genial, jovial, merry; also, easygoing, laid-back, relaxed.
▸ adjective: Drunk, intoxicated; especially slightly or pleasantly so, or to an extent that makes one cheerful and friendly.
▸ adjective: (chiefly US, slang) Pleasantly high or stoned, and relaxed after taking drugs; also, of drugs: slightly intoxicating and tending to produce such effects.
▸ adjective: (chiefly African-American Vernacular, slang) Pleasing in some way; excellent, fantastic, great.
▸ noun: The property of being mellow; mellowness.
▸ noun: (specifically) A comfortable or relaxed mood.
▸ noun: (African-American Vernacular) Also main mellow: a close friend or lover.
▸ verb: (transitive)
▸ verb: To cause (fruit) to become soft or tender, specifically by ripening.
▸ verb: To cause (food or drink, for example, cheese or wine, or its flavour) to become matured and smooth, and not acidic, harsh, or sharp.
▸ verb: (archaic except British, regional) To soften (land or soil) and make it suitable for planting in.
▸ verb: (figuratively)
▸ verb: To reduce or remove the harshness or roughness from (something); to soften, to subdue, to tone down.
▸ verb: To cause (a person) to become calmer, gentler, and more understanding, particularly from age or experience.
▸ verb: (chiefly passive voice) To cause (a person) to become slightly or pleasantly drunk or intoxicated.
▸ verb: (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.
▸ verb: (intransitive)
▸ verb: (of food or drink, or its flavour) To mature and lose its harshness or sharpness.
▸ verb: (archaic except British, regional, of soil) To be rendered soft and suitable for planting in.
▸ verb: To lose harshness; to become gentler, subdued, or toned down.
▸ verb: (originally US, informal, followed by out, of a person) To relax; in particular, to become pleasantly high or stoned by taking drugs.
▸ noun: A surname.
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