mellowing

4 definitions found

mellowing - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mellow \Mel"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mellowed; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Mellowing.]
     To make mellow. --Shak.
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           If the Weather prove frosty to mellow it [the ground],
           they do not plow it again till April.    --Mortimer.
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           The fervor of early feeling is tempered and mellowed by
           the ripeness of age.                     --J. C.
                                                    Shairp.
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  mellowing \mellowing\ adj.
     pr. p. of mellow.
     [WordNet 1.5]

  mellowing \mellowing\ n.
     The act or process of acquiring desirable qualities by being
     left undisturbed for some time.
  
     Syn: ripening, aging, ageing.
          [WordNet 1.5]

mellowing - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  mellowing
      n 1: the process of becoming mellow