0 present participle of mellow --
1 to become softer and more developed in a pleasing way: --
The brickwork will mellow over the years so that it blends with the surroundings.
A calabash pipe has a large air chamber beneath the bowl that provides a cooling and mellowing effect.
After mellowing, the whiskey is stored in newly handcrafted oak barrels, which give the whiskey its color and most of its flavor.
Some of the substances produced in roasting of cocoa beans are oxidized in the conche, mellowing the flavor of the product.
There wasn't too much mellowing as he grew older.
He is mellowing with age.
Edmunds who, in his advocacy of these matters, seems to be mellowing rapidly in his political views.
He said that he was optimistic because getting rich was a mellowing influence.
All this means that in their mellowing years these people are leading a tolerable and enjoyable life.