soft

UK /sɒft/ US /sɒft/
adj 5noun 5intj 1adv 1

Definitions

adj

1

Easily giving way under pressure.

My head sank easily into the soft pillow.

My favorite Greek cheese is the creamy, sheepy manouri: delicately scented and almost spreadable, it’s like a softer, pudgier feta.

2

Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh.

Polish the silver with a soft cloth to avoid scratching.

soft silk; a soft skin

3

Quiet.

I could hear the soft rustle of the leaves in the trees.

Her voice was ever soft, / Gentle, and low, — an excellent thing in woman.

4

Gentle.

There was a soft breeze blowing.

I would to God my heart were flint, like Edward's; / Or Edward's soft and pitiful, like mine.

5

Expressing gentleness or tenderness; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind.

soft eyes

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

intj

1

Be quiet; hold; stop; not so fast.

Soft, you; a word or two before you go. But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks?

noun

1

A soft-headed or foolish person; an idiot.

It'll do you no good to sit in a spring-cart o' your own, if you've got a soft to drive you: he'll soon turn you over into the ditch.

2

A soft drink.

Artois' story with water and softs was embodied in the difficult relationship between Raymond Boon and Spa's main owner and CEO, Guy du Bois.

3

A tyre whose compound is softer than mediums, and harder than supersofts.

4

A soft sound or part of a sound.

The expander doesn't really make the louds louder and the softs softer in one step […]

5

A piece of software.

Sega and third-party licensees are set to release an abundance of softs that range from intense shooters to sports to reflex-testers.

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