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" I like mellow music. I like some jazz. But I'm not a big hard rock guy."
Gary Carter

Meaning of "mellow" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MELLOW

Perhaps from Old English meru soft (as through ripeness).
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF MELLOW

ˈmɛləʊ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MELLOW

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mellow is a verb and can also act as an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb mellow in English.

WHAT DOES MELLOW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of mellow in the English dictionary

The first definition of mellow in the dictionary is full-flavoured; sweet; ripe. Other definition of mellow is well-matured. Mellow is also soft or rich.



CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MELLOW

PRESENT

Present
I mellow
you mellow
he/she/it mellows
we mellow
you mellow
they mellow
Present continuous
I am mellowing
you are mellowing
he/she/it is mellowing
we are mellowing
you are mellowing
they are mellowing
Present perfect
I have mellowed
you have mellowed
he/she/it has mellowed
we have mellowed
you have mellowed
they have mellowed
Present perfect continuous
I have been mellowing
you have been mellowing
he/she/it has been mellowing
we have been mellowing
you have been mellowing
they have been mellowing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I mellowed
you mellowed
he/she/it mellowed
we mellowed
you mellowed
they mellowed
Past continuous
I was mellowing
you were mellowing
he/she/it was mellowing
we were mellowing
you were mellowing
they were mellowing
Past perfect
I had mellowed
you had mellowed
he/she/it had mellowed
we had mellowed
you had mellowed
they had mellowed
Past perfect continuous
I had been mellowing
you had been mellowing
he/she/it had been mellowing
we had been mellowing
you had been mellowing
they had been mellowing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will mellow
you will mellow
he/she/it will mellow
we will mellow
you will mellow
they will mellow
Future continuous
I will be mellowing
you will be mellowing
he/she/it will be mellowing
we will be mellowing
you will be mellowing
they will be mellowing
Future perfect
I will have mellowed
you will have mellowed
he/she/it will have mellowed
we will have mellowed
you will have mellowed
they will have mellowed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been mellowing
you will have been mellowing
he/she/it will have been mellowing
we will have been mellowing
you will have been mellowing
they will have been mellowing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would mellow
you would mellow
he/she/it would mellow
we would mellow
you would mellow
they would mellow
Conditional continuous
I would be mellowing
you would be mellowing
he/she/it would be mellowing
we would be mellowing
you would be mellowing
they would be mellowing
Conditional perfect
I would have mellow
you would have mellow
he/she/it would have mellow
we would have mellow
you would have mellow
they would have mellow
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been mellowing
you would have been mellowing
he/she/it would have been mellowing
we would have been mellowing
you would have been mellowing
they would have been mellowing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you mellow
we let´s mellow
you mellow
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to mellow
Past participle
mellowed
Present Participle
mellowing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MELLOW

bellow · bordello · Capello · cello · Costello · delo · duello · fellow · goodfellow · helo · Jell-o · Longfellow · Martello · modello · morello · Novello · portabello · ritornello · violoncello · yellow

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MELLOW

mell · melliferous · mellific · mellification · mellifluence · mellifluent · mellifluently · mellifluous · mellifluously · mellifluousness · melliphagous · mellite · mellitic · mellivorous · mellophone · mellotron · mellowing · mellowly · mellowness · mellowspeak

WORDS THAT END LIKE MELLOW

allow · bedfellow · cadmium yellow · canary yellow · chrome yellow · clouded yellow · daffodil yellow · golden yellow · high yellow · lemon yellow · Naples yellow · Oddfellow · playfellow · primrose yellow · rebellow · research fellow · Robin Goodfellow · saffron yellow · schoolfellow · teaching fellow · unmellow

Synonyms and antonyms of mellow in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MELLOW»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «mellow» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «mellow» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF MELLOW

Find out the translation of mellow to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of mellow from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mellow» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

柔和的
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

suave
570 millions of speakers
en

English

mellow
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

मधुर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يانع
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

мягкий
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

suave
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

কোমল করা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

velouté
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Lembut
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

weich
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

柔らかな
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

아늑한
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Mellow
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

êm tai
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

கனிந்த
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

मधुर
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

yumuşak
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

caldo
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

łagodny
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

м´який
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

moale
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ώριμος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mellow
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fyllig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mellow
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mellow

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MELLOW»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of mellow
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mellow

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «MELLOW»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mellow.
1
Dianna Agron
I think that people vibe off your energy and I'm a pretty mellow person.
2
Priscilla Ahn
And the thing about me is, I have a lot of mellow songs, because they're the easiest for me to write. I wanted to try to make some more upbeat songs, so, I ended up gravitating toward writing songs with friends, which was a great learning process, and also we came up with great songs. Those are the songs that came out the most naturally.
3
William Allingham
Autumn's the mellow time.
4
Frank Black
I'm always looking to rock out. But it isn't really about rocking out versus being mellow, in terms of your personal satisfaction. In the end, you just want to be good. When you look at something that's really good, it might be Iggy Pop or it might be Leonard Cohen. Whatever it is, you want it to be really good.
5
Alana Blanchard
Every day is different when I'm home, but mainly I just surf. There's no nightlife or shopping, so it's pretty mellow but really nice to come back to after a trip or an event. If you're traveling, you're all stressed out, then you get to Kauai, and nothing matters anymore.
6
Marc Bolan
All rock musicians are deaf... Or insensitive to mellow sounds.
7
Vanessa Brown
I mean if I'm in the middle of a field with my keyboard and some headphones and I feel inspired to write something, I'll just write something really beautiful and mellow.
8
Gary Carter
I like mellow music. I like some jazz. But I'm not a big hard rock guy.
9
Lauren Conrad
I'm into mellow dates with really good food.
10
Judah Friedlander
Tina Fey is really cool. She's so mellow and laid back.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MELLOW»

Discover the use of mellow in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mellow and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Hemingway: A Life Without Consequences
The final volume in Mellow’s ”Lost Generation” trilogy, Hemingway: A Life Without Consequences is also a homage to Paris in the 1920s and a tribute to the writers and artists who set the indelible standards for the modern age.
James R. Mellow, 1992
2
Acoustics: Sound Fields and Transducers
Serving both as a text for students in engineering departments and as a reference for practicing engineers, this book focuses on electroacoustics, analyzing the behavior of transducers with the aid of electro-mechano-acoustical circuits.
Leo L. Beranek, Tim Mellow, 2012
3
Walker Evans
Walker Evans is not only one of the most finely wrought portraits of a major American artist ever, it is also a fascinating cultural history of America in the 1930s and '40s.
James R. Mellow, 2008
4
Marsha Mellow and Me
In the mad, bad days following her breakup with the georgous but despicabel Kake, Amy took a pseudonym and wrote a novel detailing the incredible sexploits of one Donna Sanderson, the 'Indiana Jones of Shagging', a book that 'pits fresh ...
Maria Beaumont, 2004
5
Charmed Circle: Gertrude Stein and Company
His engaging narrative illuminates Stein’s writing—now celebrated along with the work of such literary giants as Joyce and Woolf—including her difficult early periods, which adapted cubism and abstraction to the written word.
James R. Mellow, 2003
6
M.N.M.M: musings of a Not so Mellow Man
These are the collection of thoughts and comments he wrote down to remember moments in time and to get them out of his head and out to the world.
d.l.nelson, 2010
7
Tryin' Hard to Mellow Out
Looking to the Future shows the expectation and hope that both sex and violence will continue to be with us in the future. Arnold has other fun treatments of serious subjects.
John Emery Arnold, 2001
8
Acoustics: Sound Fields and Transducers
Updated throughout and focused on electroacoustics with the needs of a broad range of acoustics engineers and scientists in mind, this new book retains and expands on the detailed acoustical fundamentals included in the original whilst ...
Leo Leroy Beranek, Tim J. Mellow, 2012
9
The Mellow Year: A Man's Songs of Friendship
The. Mellow. Year. I been sittin' here tonight Dreamin' as by candle light; Kind o' thinkin' — just about Fur an' wide as all get-out; Nothin' deep an' hard to do, Just about th' same as you Might if you was joggin' slow Back some forty years or so ...
James William Foley, 1921
10
Oakland, the Mellow City
A history of Oakland, California, and descriptions of her sites and buildings written and illustrated by the eighth grade students of Herbert Hoover Junior High School in Oakland.
‎1969

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MELLOW»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mellow is used in the context of the following news items.
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Stress 'sweet spot' differs for mellow vs. hyper dogs - Phys.org
People aren't the only ones who perform better on tests or athletic events when they are just a little bit nervous—dogs do too. But in dogs as in ... «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
2
Weather: Decreasing clouds, mellow temps - Statesman Journal
The Willamette Valley will wake up to cloudy skies this morning which should work to bring temperatures down from where they've been. «Statesman Journal, Jul 15»
3
Local Restaurants Pay Respects To Chattanooga Shooting Victims …
Two Mellow Mushroom pizzerias along with a Texas Roadhouse location -- all franchise restaurants in the area -- set aside empty seats in their ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
4
Mellow Minded Cafe to open in Linglestown with 'cool, hip vibe' and …
Diners will order food from a counter and sit around homemade wooden tables made by Mellow Minded resident artist Jesse Jones. (His work ... «PennLive.com, Jul 15»
5
Concert review: Colbie Caillat, Christina Perri team up for mellow
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Colbie Caillat paused mid-anecdote. An airplane flew over Frederik Meijer Gardens, briefly upsetting the laid-back vibe ... «MLive.com, Jul 15»
6
Maddens truly is mellow as Armagh Cider Company win gold top UK …
“To win gold with Maddens Mellow Cider at the 153rd Bath and West Show is tremendous so congratulations goes to our team for their ... «Belfast Live, Jul 15»
7
Synthetic marijuana: Much more harsh than mellow
Users expecting synthetic marijuana to give them a mellow buzz similar to the real thing can get a nasty surprise, as the two are very different. «Washington Post, Jul 15»
8
Pet of the Week: Mellow Pearl happiest playing with other dogs
Pearl is quite the catch, she's very mellow and sweet, always eager to say hi and snuggle up with you. The kennel staff absolutely loves Pearl; ... «Helena Independent Record, Jul 15»
9
Crowd after start of Mackinac race has a mellow vibe
A brief, but powerful, thunderstorm Saturday swept most of the people watching the start of the Port Hurion-to-Mackinac Sailboat Race out of ... «Port Huron Times Herald, Jul 15»
10
Album Review: Liza Anne – Two – Putting the mellow in melody
Liza Anne has a beautiful atmospheric sound that makes every song she sings seem like the most relaxing thing you've ever heard. Sometimes ... «EarToTheGround Music, Jul 15»
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