Mild

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Mild is a generic term that is normally used to mean average, bland (lacking zest), or not strong. The following is sometimes described as "mild":

• weather, especially when conditions tends towards a climate's average (but still a subjective description nonetheless)
• food, if "mild", lacks "heat" according to the scoville scale (such a curry that contains only moderate amounts of spices)
• symptoms can be described as mild, as opposed to strong
• manners — as in mild-mannered Clark Kent

It may also refer to:

• Mild ale, often simply referred to as mild, from the Old English milde, meaning "young" or "immature"
• MILD, an acronym for the Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreams, a technique developed by Stephen LaBerge to facilitate the occurrence of lucid dreaming.