Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to mellow
Participle: mellowed
Gerund: mellowing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | mellow |
| you | mellow |
| he;she;it | mellows |
| we | mellow |
| you | mellow |
| they | mellow |
Perfect
| I | have mellowed |
| you | have mellowed |
| he;she;it | has mellowed |
| we | have mellowed |
| you | have mellowed |
| they | have mellowed |
Past
| I | mellowed |
| you | mellowed |
| he;she;it | mellowed |
| we | mellowed |
| you | mellowed |
| they | mellowed |
Pluperfect
| I | had mellowed |
| you | had mellowed |
| he;she;it | had mellowed |
| we | had mellowed |
| you | had mellowed |
| they | had mellowed |
Future
| I | will mellow |
| you | will mellow |
| he;she;it | will mellow |
| we | will mellow |
| you | will mellow |
| they | will mellow |
Future Perfect
| I | will have mellowed |
| you | will have mellowed |
| he;she;it | will have mellowed |
| we | will have mellowed |
| you | will have mellowed |
| they | will have mellowed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | mellow |
| you | mellow |
| he;she;it | mellow |
| we | mellow |
| you | mellow |
| they | mellow |
Perfect
| I | have mellowed |
| you | have mellowed |
| he;she;it | have mellowed |
| we | have mellowed |
| you | have mellowed |
| they | have mellowed |
Imperfect
| I | mellowed |
| you | mellowed |
| he;she;it | mellowed |
| we | mellowed |
| you | mellowed |
| they | mellowed |
Pluperfect
| I | had mellowed |
| you | had mellowed |
| he;she;it | had mellowed |
| we | had mellowed |
| you | had mellowed |
| they | had mellowed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would mellow |
| you | would mellow |
| he;she;it | would mellow |
| we | would mellow |
| you | would mellow |
| they | would mellow |
Perfect
| I | would have mellowed |
| you | would have mellowed |
| he;she;it | would have mellowed |
| we | would have mellowed |
| you | would have mellowed |
| they | would have mellowed |
Imperative
| you | mellow |
| we | Let's mellow |
| you | mellow |
Verbs conjugated like 'mellow'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'mellow'
bellow,
fellow,
yellow,
allow,
bellows,
billow,
deflow,
elbow,
fallow,
follow,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. The adjective is derived from Late Middle English melowe, melwe (“ripe, mellow; juicy; sweet”) [and other forms]; further etymology uncertain, possibly:
2. * from an attributive use of melow, melowe, melewe, mele (“meal from ground grain or legumes; flour; kernel of barley or lentils”) [and other forms], from Old English melo, melu (“meal (edible part of a grain or pulse); flour”), from Proto-Germanic *melwą (“ground corn; meal; flour”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to crush; to grind”); or
3. * a variant of Middle English merow, merowe, meruw (“soft, tender; of a person: frail; of love: unstable, variable”) [and other forms], from Old English meru, mearu (“soft, tender; delicate, frail; callow”) [and other forms], from Proto-Germanic *marwaz (“soft, mellow; brittle, delicate”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer(w)- (“to rub; to pack”).
4. The noun and verb are both derived from the adjective. The etymology of noun sense 3 (“close friend; lover”) is unknown, but may also be derived from the adjective.
5. Cognates
6. * Dutch murw (“tender”)
7. * German mürbe (“soft, tender”)
8. * German Low German möör (“tender”)
9. * Old Norse mör (“tender; aching”) (Icelandic meyr (“tender”))
10. * Saterland Frisian muur (“tender”)
11. * West Frisian murf (“tender”)
Sample Sentences
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[...] unbroken, save by one thin line of trees, which scarcely amounted to a scratch upon the great blank; until it met the glowing sky, wherein it seemed to dip: mingling with its rich colours, and mellowing in its distant blue. There it lay, a tranquil sea or lake without water, if such a simile be admissible, with the day going down upon it: a few birds wheeling here and there: and solitude and [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)