Meaning of soft | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Easily giving way under pressure.
2. Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh.
3. bland
4. Quiet.
5. flabby
6. Gentle.
7. cowardly
8. Expressing gentleness or tenderness; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind.
9. flat
10. Gentle in action or motion; easy.
11. Weak in character; impressible.
12. Requiring little or no effort; easy.
13. Not bright or intense.
14. Having a slight angle from straight.
15. Voiced; sonant; lenis.
16. Voiceless.
    rare
17. Palatalized.
18. Excessively empathetic or concerned about others’ wellbeing.
    slang
19. Lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy.
    slang
20. Low in dissolved calcium compounds.
21. Foolish.
    UK, colloquial
22. 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)
23. Physically or emotionally weak.
24. Effeminate.
    UK
25. Agreeable to the senses.
26. Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring or jagged; pleasing to the eye.
27. Made up of nonparallel rays, tending to wrap around a subject and produce diffuse shadows.
28. Incomplete, or temporary; not a full action.
29. Emulated with software; not physically real.
30. Not likely to cause addiction.
31. Not containing alcohol.
32. Easy-going, lenient, not strict; permissive.
33. Of a market: having more supply than demand; being a buyer's market.
34. Softcore
35. Mild, tame, moderate; far from intense or excluding harsh elements.
36. Of paper: unsized.
37. Of silk: having the natural gum cleaned or washed off.
38. Of coal: bituminous, as opposed to anthracitic.
39. Of weather: warm enough to melt ice; thawing.
40. Attracted to or emotionally involved with someone.
    idiomatic, informal

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“[…] Category Two implement hitches and doubled high-traction agricultural tires hung four to each massive rear axle to breast the steepest, softest dune or guckiest swamp […]”

“Polish the silver with a soft cloth to avoid⟳ scratching.”

“soft silk; a soft skin”

“They that wear⟳ soft clothing are in kings' houses.”

“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.”

“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.”

“The meek or soft shall inherit⟳ the earth.”

“soft eyes”

“A soft answer⟳ turneth away wrath.”

“A face⟳ with gladness overspread, / Soft smiles, by human kindness bred.”

“On her soft axle, white she paces even, / And bears thee soft with the smooth air along.”

“The deceiver soon found this soft place⟳ of Adam's.”

“Before that they had been a good deal⟳ on the move⟳, trekking about after the white man, who was one of those rolling stones that keep⟳ going round after a soft job.”

“soft lighting”

“At the intersection with two roads going left, take⟳ the soft left.”

“It's important to dance⟳ on soft knees to avoid⟳ injury.”

“DH represents the voiced (soft) th of English these clothes.”

“He’s too soft for the ruthless world of finance.”

“When it comes to drinking, he is as soft as they come⟳.”

“‘Going soft on me, Jack?’ ‘You know⟳ I’m not.’ ‘Then why all the fuss and blow⟳?’”

“Warden Kuril: Every day I see⟳ the worst sapient life has to offer⟳. Governments are soft, unwilling to make⟳ the hard choices. Warden Kuril: Someone had to stand⟳ up and make⟳ the galaxy safe.”

“You won't need⟳ as much soap, as the water here is very soft.”

“He made soft fellows stark noddies, and such as were foolish quite mad.”

“see⟳: snowflake and softie”

“A longing after sensual pleasures is a dissolution of the spirit of a man, and makes it loose, soft, and wandering.”

“a soft liniment”

“soft wines”

“the soft, delicious air”

“soft colours”

“the soft outline of the snow-covered hill”

“The sun, shining upon the upper part of the clouds […] made the softest lights imaginable.”

“The admin imposed a soft ban on the user.”

“Messages removed by soft deletion can be recovered if necessary.”

“Press⟳ the red button on the soft phone to hang⟳ up.”

“soft on crime”

“Overall the rental market is soft and multifamily permit⟳ activity is almost nonexistent.”

“soft humiliation play⟳”

“soft raceplay”

“soft vore”

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