Mellowing

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mellow \Mel"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mellowed}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Mellowing}.]
     To make mellow. --Shak.
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           If the Weather prove frosty to mellow it [the ground],


           they do not plow it again till April.    --Mortimer.
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           The fervor of early feeling is tempered and mellowed by
           the ripeness of age.                     --J. C.
                                                    Shairp.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  mellowing \mellowing\ adj.
     pr. p. of {mellow}.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  mellowing \mellowing\ n.
     The act or process of acquiring desirable qualities by being
     left undisturbed for some time.
  
     Syn: ripening, aging, ageing.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mellowing
       adj : having or suggesting softness and richness in quality; "a
             mellow sound"; "the mellow air brought in the feel of
             imminent autumn"- Thomas Hardy; "a mellowing sun" [syn:
              {mellow}]
       n : the process of becoming mellow