Crossword-Solution: MELLOW
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Mellow | superl. | Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp; as, a mellow apple. |
| Mellow | superl. | Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; as, a mellow soil. |
| Mellow | superl. | Not coarse, rough, or harsh; subdued; soft; rich; delicate; -- said of sound, color, flavor, style, etc. |
| Mellow | superl. | Well matured; softened by years; genial; jovial. |
| Mellow | superl. | Warmed by liquor; slightly intoxicated. |
| Mellow | v. t. | To make mellow. |
| Mellow | v. i. | To become mellow; as, ripe fruit soon mellows. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EETRA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with MELLOW (5)
From the hollow reeds he fashioned Flutes so musical and mellow, That the brook, the Sebowisha, Ceased to murmur in the woodland, That the wood-birds ceased from singing, And the squirrel, Adjidaumo, Ceased his chatter in the oak-tree, And the rabbit, the Wabasso, Sat upright to look and listen.
That matters should continue pleasant Maryann spoke, who, what with her brown complexion, and the working wrapper of rusty linsey, had at present the mellow hue of an old sketch in oils—notably some of Nicholas Poussin’s:— “Do anybody know of a crooked man, or a lame, or any second-hand fellow at all that would do for poor me?” said Maryann.
Now the master, mellow almost to the verge of geniality, put his chair aside, turned his back to the audience, and began to draw a map of America on the blackboard, to exercise the geography class upon.
They both got powerful mellow, but I noticed the king didn’t get mellow enough to forget to remember to not deny about hiding the money-bag again.
Hawthorne has been lying down in the sun shine, slightly fleckered with the shadows of a tree, and Una and Julian have been making him look like the mighty Pan, by covering his chin and breast with long grass-blades, that looked like a verdant and venerable beard.” The pleasantness and peace of his surroundings and of his modest home, in Lenox, may be taken into account as harmonizing with the mellow serenity of the romance then produced.
Quotes with MELLOW (3)
Because you have to just go with the flow. Your life is not your own, with people coming in and out all the time. You get mellow because you have to.
He walked on in silence, the solitary sound of his footsteps echoing in his head, as in a deserted street, at dawn. His solitude was so complete, beneath a lovely sky as mellow and serene as a good conscience, amid that busy throng, that he was amazed at his own existence; he must be somebody else's nightmare, and whoever it was would certainly awaken soon.
Though why should we expect age to mellow us? If it isn't life's business to reward merit, why should it be life's business to give us warm, comfortable feelings towards its end? What possible evolutionary purpose could nostalgia serve?
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Rock & Roll, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 25 times in crossword archives (1979–2023).