I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
mellow/smooth (= pleasant and not strong or bitter )
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Add milk to make the flavour more mellow.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a deep, mellow voice
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a rich, mellow blend of coffee
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After a few drinks, everyone was pretty mellow .
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He's a totally mellow guy.
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She poured him another glass of brandy to keep him in a mellow mood.
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She seems a little more mellow now that she's gotten married.
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She wasn't drunk yet, but she was feeling nice and mellow and happy.
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the mellow golden light of autumn sunsets
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the mellow sound of a trombone
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Glover looked up at the sound of that mellow voice.
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In general Saccani is mellower than Dorati.
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Like many square-necks, it sounds fatter, sweeter and more mellow than a typical round-neck.
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Not real high, but nice and mellow and happy.
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Solomon, in Proverbs, highlighted patience, where he said that a prince is made mellow by patience.
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The mellow mid-day jazz on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays?
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The face was female, sculpted, golden, mellow , ideal and framed by a lion's mane of light.
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The smiling face; the jokey mellow voice - but what was going on, really?
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
out
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One song will blow your head away and the next song will mellow out .
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I need to mellow out , I need to calm down.
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Take it easy, mellow out and generally adopt a less stressful outlook on life.
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It's tempting to wonder what he'd make of wordsmiths all around re-writing his work; mellowed out or gobsmacked?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Grandpa's mellowed over the last few years.
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He hasn't always been so understanding. He's really mellowed with age.
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She's mellowed a lot since she retired.
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She's mellowed him out, and she seems to make him happy.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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David has mellowed and quietened down a great deal.
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He mellowed into a white-haired wise man.
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Helvin says that Bailey has changed nowadays, has mellowed, but in a positive way.
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In his forties, Jobs seems to have mellowed, as a leader if not as a crusader for Mac-style computing.
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Will I mellow towards the idea of marriage as I get older?