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The definition of soft
34 Definitions of: soft
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- adjective, easy to dent, work, or cut without shattering; malleable
- adjective, not hard; giving little or no resistance to pressure or weight
- adjective, fine, light, smooth, or fluffy to the touch
- adjective, gentle; tranquil
- adjective, (of music, sounds, etc) low and pleasing
- adjective, (of light, colour, etc) not excessively bright or harsh
- adjective, (of a breeze, climate, etc) temperate, mild, or pleasant
- adjective, drizzly or rainy
- adjective, slightly blurred; not sharply outlined
- adjective, (of a diet) consisting of easily digestible foods
- adjective, kind or lenient, often excessively so
- adjective, easy to influence or impose upon
- adjective, prepared to compromise; not doctrinaire
- adjective, feeble or silly; simple (often in the phrase soft in the head)
- adjective, unable to endure hardship, esp through too much pampering
- adjective, physically out of condition; flabby
- adjective, loving; tender
- adjective, requiring little exertion; easy
- adjective, chem (of water) relatively free of mineral salts and therefore easily able to make soap lather
- adjective, (of a drug such as cannabis) nonaddictive or only mildly addictive. Compare hard
- adjective, (of news coverage) concentrating on trivial stories or those with human interest
- adjective, phonetics a)an older word for lenis b) (not in technical usage) denoting the consonants c and g in English when they are pronounced as palatal or alveolar fricatives or affricates (s, d[zh], $, [dh], t$) before e and i, rather than as velar stops (k, g) c) (in the Slavonic languages) palatalized before a front vowel or a special character (soft sign) written as ь
- adjective, a) unprotected against attack b) military unarmoured, esp as applied to a truck by comparison with a tank
- adjective, finance (of prices, a market, etc) unstable and tending to decline
- adjective, (of a currency) in relatively little demand, esp because of a weak balance of payments situation
- adjective, (of radiation, such as X-rays and ultraviolet radiation) having low energy and not capable of deep penetration of materials
- adjective, physics (of valves or tubes) only partially evacuated
- adjective, related to the performance of non-specific, undefinable tasks
- adjective, soft on or about a) gentle, sympathetic, or lenient towards b) feeling affection or infatuation for
- adverb, in a soft manner
- noun, a soft object, part, or piece
- noun, See softie
- interjection, quiet!
- interjection, wait!
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©HarperCollins 2008. Collins English Dictionary definition of soft