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mellowing
 
Adjective mellowing has 1 sense
  1. mellow, mellowing - having or suggesting softness and richness in quality; "a mellow sound"; "the mellow air brought in the feel of imminent autumn"- Thomas Hardy; "a mellowing sun"
    Antonym: hard (indirect, via soft)
Noun mellowing has 1 sense
  1. mellowing - the process of becoming mellow
    --1 is a kind of     ripening, aging, ageing
    Derived forms: verb mellow2, verb mellow1, verb mellow3
Verb mellow has 3 senses
  1. mellow - soften, make mellow; "Age and experience mellowed him over the years"
    --1 is one way to     soften
    Derived form: noun mellowing1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  2. mellow, melt, mellow out - become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "With age, he mellowed"
    --2 is one way to change
    Derived form: noun mellowing1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  3. mellow - make or grow (more) mellow; "These apples need to mellow a bit more"; "The sun mellowed the fruit"
    --3 is one way to     soften
    Derived form: noun mellowing1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something ----s something
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