mellow

1. (US, informal, transitive)To cause (fruit) to become soft or tender, specifically by ripening.

2. (US, informal, 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.

3. (US, informal, regional, transitive)To soften (land or soil) and make it suitable for planting in.

   soften, make mellow

4. (US, figuratively, informal, transitive)To reduce or remove the harshness or roughness from (something); to soften, to subdue, to tone down.

5. (US, figuratively, informal, transitive)To cause (a person) to become calmer, gentler, and more understanding, particularly from age or experience.

   The fervour of early feeling is tempered and mellowed by the ripeness of age.

6. (US, figuratively, informal, transitive)To cause (a person) to become slightly or pleasantly drunk or intoxicated.

7. (US, also, figuratively, informal, reflexive, transitive)Followed by out: to relax (a person); in particular, to cause (a person) to become pleasantly high or stoned by taking drugs.

8. (US, informal, intransitive)To mature and lose its harshness or sharpness.

9. (US, informal, intransitive, regional)To be rendered soft and suitable for planting in.

10. (US, figuratively, informal, intransitive)To lose harshness; to become gentler, subdued, or toned down.

11. (US, figuratively, informal, intransitive)To relax; in particular, to become pleasantly high or stoned by taking drugs.

1. Don't tell me to mellow out.

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2. I don't think that I've mellowed.

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3. I think I've mellowed.

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4. I don't think I've mellowed.

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5. Most women mellow as they age.

   deDie meisten Frauen werden mit dem Alter milder.

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