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mellow

/ˈmɛloʊ/ verbe C2

En français : mûrir, s'adoucir, s'assagir

  1. To cause (fruit) to become soft or tender, specifically by ripening. (US, informal, transitive)
  2. To cause (food or drink, for example, cheese or wine, or its flavour) to become matured and smooth, and not acidic, harsh, or sharp. (US, informal, transitive)
  3. To soften (land or soil) and make it suitable for planting in. (US, informal, transitive)
  4. To reduce or remove the harshness or roughness from (something); to soften, to subdue, to tone down. (US, figuratively, informal, transitive)
  5. To cause (a person) to become calmer, gentler, and more understanding, particularly from age or experience. (US, figuratively, informal, transitive) · The fervour of early feeling is tempered and mellowed by the ripeness of age.
  6. To cause (a person) to become slightly or pleasantly drunk or intoxicated. (US, figuratively, informal, transitive)
  7. Followed by out: to relax (a person); in particular, to cause (a person) to become pleasantly high or stoned by taking drugs. (US, figuratively, informal, transitive)
  8. To mature and lose its harshness or sharpness. (US, informal, intransitive)

He/she/it mellows · Prétérit mellowed · Participe passé mellowed · Forme en -ing mellowing

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Prétérit
mellowed
Participe passé
mellowed
Forme en -ing
mellowing

Dans la bibliothèque

“I’ve heard of you,” said he in a voice which was not quite English and not quite American, but was altogether mellow and pleasing.
The Valley of Fear, p. 92 · C1
Its windows looked east and west; through the west one, looking out on the back yard, came a flood of mellow June sunlight; but the east one, whence you got a glimpse of the bloom white cherry-trees in the left orchard and nodding, slender birches down in the hollow by the brook, was greened over by a tangle of vines.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 4 · C1
The sun had set some time since, but the landscape was still clear in the mellow afterlight.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 28 · C1
Something like a reluctant smile, rather rusty from long disuse, mellowed Marilla’s grim expression.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 31 · C1

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