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Definition of Soft

1. Adjective. Yielding readily to pressure or weight.

2. Adverb. In a relaxed manner; or without hardship. "Just wanted to take it easy"

3. Adjective. Compassionate and kind; conciliatory. "He was soft on his children"

4. Adjective. (of sound) relatively low in volume. "Soft music"

5. Adjective. Easily hurt. "A baby's delicate skin"

6. Adjective. Produced with vibration of the vocal cords. "Voiced consonants such as `b' and `g' and `z'"

7. Adjective. Not protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons). "Soft targets"

8. Adjective. Used chiefly as a direction or description in music. "The piano passages in the composition"

9. Adjective. (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected.

10. Adjective. (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as 's' and 'sh').

11. Adjective. (of a commodity or market or currency) falling or likely to fall in value. "The market for computers is soft"

12. Adjective. Using evidence not readily amenable to experimental verification or refutation. "The soft sciences"

13. Adjective. Tolerant or lenient. "They are soft on crime"

14. Adjective. Soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe. "Poked gentle fun at him"

15. Adjective. Having little impact. "A soft (or light) tapping at the window"

16. Adjective. Out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance. "Flaccid cheeks"

17. Adjective. Willing to negotiate and compromise.

18. Adjective. Not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship. "A soft job"

19. Adjective. Mild and pleasant. "A soft breeze"

20. Adjective. Not brilliant or glaring. "Subdued lighting"

Definition of Soft

1. a. Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to hard; as, a soft bed; a soft peach; soft earth; soft wood or metal.

2. n. A soft or foolish person; an idiot.

3. adv. Softly; without roughness or harshness; gently; quietly.

4. interj. Be quiet; hold; stop; not so fast.

Definition of Soft

1. Adjective. Giving way under pressure. ¹

2. Adjective. (context: of cloth or similar material) Smooth and flexible. ¹

3. Adjective. Gentle. ¹

4. Adjective. Requiring little or no effort, easy ¹

5. Adjective. Not bright or intense ¹

6. Adjective. (context: of a road intersection) Having an acute angle. ¹

7. Adjective. (context: of a sound) Quiet. ¹

8. Adjective. (linguistics) voiced, sonant ¹

9. Adjective. (linguistics) (rare) voiceless ¹

10. Adjective. (linguistics Slavic languages) palatalized ¹

11. Adjective. (slang) Lacking strength or resolve, wimpy. ¹

12. Adjective. (context: of water) Low in dissolved calcium compounds. ¹

13. Adjective. (context: Northern England colloquial) Foolish. ¹

14. Adjective. (physics) Of a ferromagnetic material; a material that becomes essentially non magnetic when an external magnetic field is removed, a material with a low magnetic coercivity. (compare hard) ¹

15. Adjective. (context: of a person) Physically or emotionally weak. ¹

16. Adjective. Incomplete, or temporary; not a full action. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Soft

1. yielding readily to pressure [adj SOFTER, SOFTEST] / a soft object or part [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Soft

sofa painting sofabed sofabeds sofar sofars sofas sofer soferim sofers soffioni

soffit soffits soffrito soffritos soficity soft (current term) soft-boiled soft-cast steel soft-coated wheaten terrier soft-core

soft-cover soft-cover book soft-finned soft-finned fish soft-footed soft-handed soft-headed soft-hearted soft-key soft-nosed

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