mellow

a. கனிந்த, சாறு ததும்பிய, இனிய, தேறல் வகையில் முதிர்சுவையுடைய, மண்வகையில் உரமார்ந்த, வளமுள்ள, அனுபவத்தினாலும் வயதினாலும் முதிர்வுற்ற, ஔத-ஒலி-வண்ணம் ஆகியவற்றின் வகையில் தூய மென்னிறைவிடைய, மகிழ்ச்சி நலம் வாய்ந்த, சிறு நெறியுடைய, (வினை) கனிவி, கனிவுறு, பக்குவமடைந்து மென்மையாகு,.

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Mel"low, a. [Compar. Mellower; superl. Mellowest.] Etym: [OE. melwe; cf. AS. mearu soft, D. murw, Prov. G. mollig soft, D. malsch, and E. meal flour.] 1. Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp; as, a mellow apple. 2. Hence: (a) Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; as, a mellow soil. "Mellow glebe." Drayton (b) Not coarse, rough, or harsh; subdued; soft; rich; delicate; -- said of sound, color, flavor, style, etc. "The mellow horn." Wordsworth. "The mellow-tasted Burgundy." Thomson. The tender flush whose mellow stain imbues Heaven with all freaks of light. Percival. 3. Well matured; softened by years; genial; jovial. May health return to mellow age. Wordsworth. As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound. W. Irving. 4. Warmed by liquor; slightly intoxicated. Addison. Mel"low, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mellowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Mellowing.] Defn: To make mellow. Shak. If the Weather prove frosty to mellow it [the ground], they do not plow it again till April. Mortimer. The fervor of early feeling is tempered and mellowed by the ripeness of age. J. C. Shairp. Mel"low, v. i. Defn: To become mellow; as, ripe fruit soon mellows. "Prosperity begins to mellow." Shak.