Mellow

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp.

   “a mellow apple”

2. sıfat Matured and smooth, and not acidic, harsh, or sharp.

   “The Claret ſmooth, deep as the lip vve preſs, / In ſparkling fancy, vvhile vve drain the bovvl; / The mellovv-taſted Burgundy; and quick, / As is the vvit it gives, the bright Champaign.”

3. sıfat Soft and easily penetrated or worked; not hard or rigid; loamy.

   “[A] wyse and counnynge gardener […] will first serche throughout his gardeyne where he can finde the most melowe and fertile erth: and therin wil he put the sede of the herbe to growe and be norisshed: […]”

4. sıfat Mature; of crops: ready to be harvested; ripe.

   “Nor autumn yet had bruſh'd from ev'ry ſpray, / With her chill hand, the mellow leaves away; […]”

5. sıfat Fruitful and warm.

   “And mellow Autumn, charged with bounteous fruit, / Where is she imaged? in what favoured clime / Her lavish pomp, and ripe magnificence?”

6. sıfat Not coarse, brash, harsh, or rough; delicate, rich, soft, subdued.

   “How ſvveet and mellovv, and yet hovv Majeſtick, is the Sound of it!”

7. sıfat Well-matured from age or experience; not impetuous or impulsive; calm, dignified, gentle.

   “The cauſe vvas mine, I might haue died for both: / My yeeres vvere mellow, his but young and greene, / My death vvere naturall, but his vvas forced.”

8. sıfat Cheerful, genial, jovial, merry; also, easygoing, laid-back, calm, relaxed.

   “In all thy humours, whether grave or mellow, / Thou'rt such a touchy, testy, pleasant fellow; / Hast so much wit, and mirth, and spleen about thee, / There is no living with thee, nor without thee.”

9. sıfat Drunk, intoxicated; especially slightly or pleasantly so, or to an extent that makes one cheerful and friendly.

   “[…] Tanee was accosted by certain good fellows, friends and boon companions, who condoled with him on his misfortunes—railed against the queen, and finally dragged him away to an illicit vender of spirits, in whose house the party got gloriously mellow.”

10. sıfat Pleasantly high or stoned, and relaxed after taking drugs; also, of drugs: slightly intoxicating and tending to produce such effects.

    “These boys were heavy smokers, and like my high school classmates, were always "high", "cool" and "mellow." They were never violent and were helpful and respectful to the adults in our village.”

11. sıfat Pleasing in some way; excellent, fantastic, great.
12. isim The property of being mellow; mellowness.
13. isim A comfortable or relaxed mood.

    “Yet, conversely, some people searched for the mellow […] Hope for flower power had faded, though the journey into the mellow did not represent idealism; rather, it spelled escape— […]”

14. isim Also main mellow: a close friend or lover.

    “I've got attractions like I'm Elvis Costello / Adam Yauch grab the mic 'cause you know you're my mellow”

15. fiil To cause (fruit) to become soft or tender, specifically by ripening.

    “Then Olives, ground in Mills, their fatneſs boaſt, / And Winter Fruits are mellow'd by the Froſt.”

16. fiil To cause (food or drink, for example, cheese or wine, or its flavour) to become matured and smooth, and not acidic, harsh, or sharp.
17. fiil To soften (land or soil) and make it suitable for planting in.

    “This City is built of white Sun-burnt brickes, is watered with a ſmall ſtreame, which runs in two parts through the Towne, and meloes moſt of the Gardens and Groues within her, whereby ſhee yeelds a thankfull tribute of ſundry fruits.”

18. fiil To reduce or remove the harshness or roughness from (something); to soften, to subdue, to tone down.

    “VVas thought-exceeding glorification, ſuch a cloyance and cumber vnto me, that I muſt leaue it: as Archeſilaus ouer-melodied, and too-much melovved & ſugred with ſvveet tunes, turned them aſide, and cauſed his ears to be nevv reliſhed vvith harſh ſovver and vnſauory ſounds?”

19. fiil 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.”

20. fiil To cause (a person) to become slightly or pleasantly drunk or intoxicated.

    “He found the bailiff riding by the farm, / And, talking from the point, he drew him in, / And there he mellow'd all his heart with ale, / Until they closed a bargain, hand in hand.”

21. fiil Followed by out: to relax (a person); in particular, to cause (a person) to become pleasantly high or stoned by taking drugs.
22. fiil To mature and lose its harshness or sharpness.
23. fiil To be rendered soft and suitable for planting in.
24. fiil To lose harshness; to become gentler, subdued, or toned down.

    “So now proſperitie begins to mellow / And drop into the rotten mouth of Death: […]”

25. fiil To relax; in particular, to become pleasantly high or stoned by taking drugs.
26. özel isim A surname.