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MELLOWING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The process of becoming mellow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("mellowing" is a kind of...):

ageing; aging; ripening (acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time)

Derivation:

mellow (make or grow (more) mellow)

mellow (become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial)

mellow (soften, make mellow)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb mellow

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