Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - mellow
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Mellow
mellow
I. adjective Etymology: Middle English melowe Date: 15th century 1. a. of a fruit tender and sweet because of ripeness b. of a wine well aged and pleasingly mild 2. a. made gentle by age or experience b. rich and full but free from garishness or stridency c. warmed and relaxed by or as if by liquor d. pleasant, agreeable e. laid-back 3. of soil having a soft and loamy consistency • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun II. verb Date: 1575 transitive verb to make ~ intransitive verb to become ~ — often used with out
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adj. & v. --adj. 1 (of sound, colour, light) soft and rich, free from harshness. 2 (of character) softened or matured by age or experience. 3 genial, jovial. 4 partly intoxicated. 5 (of fruit) soft, sweet, and juicy. 6 (of wine) well-matured, smooth. 7 (of earth) rich, loamy. --v.tr. & intr. make or become mellow. Derivatives mellowly adv. mellowness n. Etymology: ME, perh. f. attrib. use of OE melu, melw- MEAL(2) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1) созревать, поспевать; спелый, зрелый 2) плодородный, жирный (о почве) 3) разрыхлять (почву); рыхлый (о почве) ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. спелый и мягкий, сладкий и сочный (о фруктах) 2. (о вине) выдержанный 3. приятный на вкус 4. подобревший, смягчившийся с возрастом, добродушный (о человеке, характере) to grow mellow (with age) —- подобреть (смягчиться) (с годами) 5. мягкий; сочный, густой (о голосе, красках и т. п.) mellow light —- мягкий свет 6. рыхлый (о почве) mellow earth —- рыхлая земля 7. плодородный, жирный 8. разг. веселый 9. подвыпивший to be mellow —- быть навеселе, подпить 10. делаться мягким, сочным, спеть, созревать fruit mellowed by the sun —- плод, поспевший на солнце 11. становиться выдержанным (о вине) a few more years will mellow the wine —- нужно еще несколько лет, чтобы вино было выдержанным 12. смягчать age has mellowed him —- годы смягчили его, с годами он стал мягче (добрее) в своем отношении к людям 13. смягчаться his voice mellowed —- его голос приобрел мягкость (бархатистость) the colours mellowed as the sun went down —- солнце садилось, и краски приобретали более мягкий оттенок 14. (о почве) разрыхлять 15. разрыхляться ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. adj. 1) спелый; зрелый, сладкий и сочный (о фруктах) 2) приятный на вкус; выдержанный (о вине) 3) мягкий, сочный, густой (о голосе, цвете и т.п.) 4) плодородный, жирный; рыхлый (о почве) 5) умудренный опытом, смягчившийся с годами (о человеке, характере) 6) coll. подвыпивший 2. v. 1) делать(ся) спелым, сочным; созревать 2) становиться выдержанным (о вине) 3) смягчать(ся) 4) разрыхлять(ся) (о почве) Syn: see mature ...Англо-русский словарь
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(mellower, mellowest, mellows, mellowing, mellowed) 1. Mellow is used to describe things that have a pleasant, soft, rich colour, usually red, orange, yellow, or brown. ...the softer, mellower light of evening. ADJ: usu ADJ n/colour 2. A mellow sound or flavour is pleasant, smooth, and rich. His voice was deep and mellow and his speech had a soothing and comforting quality. ...a delightfully mellow, soft and balanced wine. ADJ 3. If someone mellows or if something mellows them, they become kinder or less extreme in their behaviour, especially as a result of growing older. When the children married and had children of their own, he mellowed a little... Marriage had not mellowed him. VERB: V, V n • Mellow is also an adjective. Is she more mellow and tolerant? ADJ 4. If someone is mellow, they feel very relaxed and cheerful, especially as the result of alcohol or good food. (INFORMAL) He’d had a few glasses of champagne himself and was fairly mellow... ADJ ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~1 adj 1 a mellow colour or light looks soft, warm, and not too bright (the mellow, golden light of early evening | mellow shades of brown and orange) 2 a mellow sound is pleasant and smooth (the mellow sound of a trombone | a friendly, mellow voice) 3 mellow wine or fruit has a smooth, ripe taste (a mellow red wine) 4 gentle, calm, and sympathetic because of age or experience (Tina's become more mellow since having children of her own.) 5 feeling calm and relaxed, especially after drinking alcohol (They were feeling pleasantly mellow.) - mellowness n ~2 v 1 if colours mellow or are mellowed, they begin to look warm and soft 2 if someone mellows or is mellowed, they become gentler and more sympathetic (Paul's certainly mellowed over the years.) 3 if wine mellows or is mellowed it gets a smooth taste mellow out phr v AmE informal to become relaxed and calm, or make someone relaxed and calm (Mellow out, OK? It's no big deal!) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1450, melwe, perhaps related to melowe, var. of mele "ground grain" (see meal (2)), infl. by M.E. merow "soft, tender," from O.E. mearu. Meaning "slightly drunk" is from 1690. The verb is from 1572. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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