maɪld adj. 1 (esp. of a person)
gentle and conciliatory. 2 (of a
rule,
punishment,
illness,
feeling, etc.)
moderate;
not severe. 3 (of
the weather,
esp. in winter) moderately
warm. 4 a (of
food,
tobacco, etc.) not
sharp or
strong in
taste etc. b
Brit. (of beer) not strongly flavoured
with hops (cf. BITTER). 5 (of medicine) operating gently. 6
tame,
feeble;
lacking energy or vivacity. ømild
steel steel containing a
small percentage of
carbon, strong and
tough but not
readily tempered. øømilden v.tr. & intr. mildish adj. mildness n. [OE milde f. Gmc]