mellow

²mellow

verb

Definition of MELLOW

transitive verb

: to make mellow

intransitive verb

: to become mellow —often used with out

Examples of MELLOW

1. She was a tough and demanding teacher, but she has mellowed in her old age.
2. The wine needs time to mellow.
3. She was a tough and demanding teacher, but old age has mellowed her.

First Known Use of MELLOW

1575

Other Alcoholic Beverage Terms

finish, gimlet, mull, sake, setup, sommelier, syllabub, vintner, wassail

Rhymes with MELLOW

bellow, yellow