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• v  soften, make mellow
  Age and experience mellowed him over the years
• v  become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial
  With age, he mellowed
• v  make or grow (more) mellow
  The sun mellowed the fruit
• s  having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging
  mellowed fruit
• s  having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience

• Many of his fellow militants have also mellowed and are slipping out of the shadows of revolutionary Iran to acknowledge their roles, admit to a few regrets and argue that their .
• But his usual dignity, mellowed by age, prevents him from hasty action, and allows of reconsideration.
• Meanwhile, Superbitch Lisa, Bob's first wife and once the most hated woman on TV, has a fourth husband, Grant Coleman, and has mellowed.

• mellow
• melt
• mellow out

News & Articles

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• Pink's hair makeover: Songstress goes from mohawk to long blonde locks
  It seems married life and motherhood have mellowed Pink out a bit, and in turn, she has opted for the soccer mom look.
  June 10, 2013 - Zap2It
• Laconia's bike week still huge draw despite mellowness
  Laconia Motorcycle Week at age 90 has mellowed from the riots, raunchiness and public drinking of decades past to a family affair that attracts hundreds of thousands of bikers and big bucks to New Hampshire.
  June 8, 2013 - WCVB Boston
• NH Bike Week Turns 90 Years Old
  Laconia Motorcycle Week at age 90 has mellowed from the riots, raunchiness and public drinking of decades past to a family affair that attracts hundreds of thousands of bikers and big bucks to New Hampshire.
  June 8, 2013 - CBS Boston

Quotes

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• Jimmie Johnson in Forbes
  Once I fired the car off, I was in my element and my place to be, and things really mellowed out for me,Johnson said. "My mind really played games with me in the hours leading up to the race."
• Billy Werber in USA Today
  I was vociferous and cocky and if they wanted to fight that was all right for me,Werber said of his career. "I was ready to go anytime. I've mellowed somewhat - and I'm crippled."
• Jacques Villeneuve in USA Today
  We had a hard time, I would say early in our careers, then we mellowed down,Villeneuve said Tuesday. "But off the track, outside of the car, we always got along. Just there were a few high-spirited moments in car on the track."