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mellow out

mellow out verb: to become mellow or to soften in intensity (such as a smell, emotion or sound), or to change from uptight to relaxed.

Verb

mellow out (third-person singular simple present mellows out, present participle mellowing out, simple past and past participle mellowed out)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To become mellow or to soften in intensity (such as a smell, emotion or sound), or to change from uptight to relaxed.

Forms of mellow out

third-person singular presentmellows out
present participlemellowing out
past participlemellowed out
pastmellowed out

Questions about mellow out

What does mellow out mean?
Mellow out means to become mellow or to soften in intensity (such as a smell, emotion or sound), or to change from uptight to relaxed.
What part of speech is mellow out?
Mellow out is a verb.
What is the past tense of mellow out?
The past tense of mellow out is mellowed out.

Words near mellow out in the dictionary

  1. Mellott
  2. Mellotts
  3. mellow
  4. mellow bug
  5. mellow bugs
  6. mellow out
  7. mellow rock
  8. mellow yellow
  9. mellow yellows
  10. mellowcreme
  11. mellowcremes

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