mellow

mellow
1. adjective
1) (softened by age or experience) abgeklärt
2) (ripe, well-matured) reif; ausgereift [Wein]
3) (genial) freundlich
4) (full and soft) weich [Stimme, Ton, Licht, Farben]
2. transitive verb
reifer machen [Person]; [aus]reifen lassen [Wein]
3. intransitive verb
[Person, Obst, Wein:] reifen; [Licht, Farbe:] weicher werden
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['meləu] 1. adjective
1) ((of character) made softer and more mature, relaxed etc by age and/or experience: Her personality became more mellow as middle age approached.) gereift
2) ((of sound, colour, light etc) soft, not strong or unpleasant: The lamplight was soft and mellow.) sanft
3) ((of wine, cheese etc) kept until the flavour has developed fully: a mellow burgundy.) ausgereift
2. verb
(to make or become softer or more mature: Old age has mellowed him.) reifen lassen
- academic.ru/46080/mellowness">mellowness
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mel·low
[ˈmeləʊ, AM -oʊ]
I. adj
<-er, -est or more \mellow, most \mellow>
1. (relaxed) person locker fam, heiter, umgänglich
\mellow mood heitere Stimmung
2. (fam: slightly drunk) angeheitert
3. (not harsh) sanft; colour dezent; light gedämpft
4. FOOD (smooth) flavour mild; wine lieblich
II. vi
1. (become more easy-going) umgänglicher werden
2. esp AM (fam: relax)
to \mellow out sich akk entspannen
3. (become softer) colours weicher werden; flavour milder werden
III. vt
1. (make more easy-going)
to \mellow sb jdn umgänglicher [o abgeklärter] machen
age has \mellowed her im Alter ist sie abgeklärter geworden
2. (make softer)
to \mellow sth etw abschwächen
evening sunlight \mellowed the harsh white facade die Abendsonne ließ die grellweiße Fassade sanfter erscheinen
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['meləʊ]
1. adj (+er)
1) fruit ausgereift, saftig; wine ausgereift; brandy, whisky, flavour mild; colour, light, stone, brick warm; sound voll, rund; (= soft) weich; voice weich, sanft

a mellow instrument — ein Instrument mit einem vollen, weichen Klang

2) person (= relaxed) abgeklärt, gesetzt; (= affable) umgänglich; (= in a good mood) gut gelaunt; (fig = slightly drunk) angeheitert

in the mellow later years — im gesetzteren Alter

in a mellow mood — guter Laune, stillvergnügt

2. vt
reifen, heranreifen lassen; (= relax) heiter stimmen; sounds, colours dämpfen, abschwächen; taste mildern

the rum began to mellow her — der Rum versetzte sie allmählich in freundlichere Stimmung

3. vi
(wine, fruit) reif werden, (heran)reifen; (colours, sounds) weicher werden; (person) (= become more relaxed) abgeklärter or gesetzter werden; (= become more affable) umgänglicher werden
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mellow [ˈmeləʊ]
A adj (adv mellowly)
1. reif, saftig (Obst)
2. AGR
a) leicht zu bearbeiten(d), locker
b) reich (Boden)
3. ausgereift, lieblich (Wein)
4. sanft, mild, dezent, angenehm (Licht):
mellow tints zarte Farbtöne
5. MUS weich, voll, lieblich
6. fig gereift, abgeklärt (Person):
of mellow age reiferen oder gereiften Alters
7. angeheitert, beschwipst
8. freundlich, zugänglich
B v/t
1. den Boden auflockern
2. Wein (aus)reifen lassen
3. jemanden reifer machen
4. mellow out bes US sl jemanden entspannen:
this music always mellows me out bei dieser Musik relaxe ich immer
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1. adjective
1) (softened by age or experience) abgeklärt
2) (ripe, well-matured) reif; ausgereift [Wein]
3) (genial) freundlich
4) (full and soft) weich [Stimme, Ton, Licht, Farben]
2. transitive verb
reifer machen [Person]; [aus]reifen lassen [Wein]
3. intransitive verb
[Person, Obst, Wein:] reifen; [Licht, Farbe:] weicher werden
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adj.
mildern adj.
mürb adj.

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