noun
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A soft or foolish person; an idiot.
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Ellipsis of soft tyre (A tyre whose compound is softer than mediums, and harder than supersofts.)
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A soft sound or part of a sound.
adjective
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Easily giving way under pressure.
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My head sank easily into the soft pillow.
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(of cloth or similar material) Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh.
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Polish the silver with a soft cloth to avoid scratching.
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(of a sound) Quiet.
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I could hear the soft rustle of the leaves in the trees.
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Gentle.
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There was a soft breeze blowing.
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Expressing gentleness or tenderness; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind.
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soft eyes
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Gentle in action or motion; easy.
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Weak in character; impressible.
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Requiring little or no effort; easy.
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Not bright or intense.
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soft lighting
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Having a slight angle from straight.
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At the intersection with two roads going left, take the soft left.
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Voiced; sonant.
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Voiceless
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(Slavic languages) palatalized
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Lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy.
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When it comes to drinking, he is as soft as they come.
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(of water) Low in dissolved calcium compounds.
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You won't need as much soap, as the water here is very soft.
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Foolish.
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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)
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(of a person) Physically or emotionally weak.
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Incomplete, or temporary; not a full action.
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The admin imposed a soft block/ban on the user or a soft lock on the article.
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(of a man) Effeminate.
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Agreeable to the senses.
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a soft liniment
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Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring or jagged; pleasing to the eye.
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soft colours
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(of light) Made up of nonparallel rays, tending to wrap around a subject and produce diffuse shadows.
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Emulated with software; not physically real.
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Press the red button on the soft phone to hang up.
adverb
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Softly; without roughness or harshness; gently; quietly.
interjection
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Be quiet; hold; stop; not so fast.
Examples of soft in a Sentence
His laugh was soft and low.
She had grown soft in five years of city life.
He is very soft and delicate yet.
The sparkle faded from his eyes, leaving them soft sweet chocolate pools.
My wife purchased a soft drink; to get some change, she explained.
His hands might be soft, but he was capable of dealing with whatever came in his direction.
Leaning her head back, she forced the soft chair into a reclining position.
She could feel it in his soft kisses on her neck, in the way he whispered her name.
From time to time he heard a soft rustle and at times a sigh.
She was toned and curvy, her skin as soft as her voice.
He couldn't shake the fire in his blood or the sense of how soft her supple skin, how warm her body felt beneath him.
He did not hear her soft breathing as she stood over him and watched him finish the wonderful drawing.
Soon the little stranger was clad in the warm clothes; the dry soft blanket was wrapped around him; and he was laid on the children's bed.
The yellow skirt of her sundress was molded to the soft curves one side of her body by a breeze.
Following Señor Medena up the stairs, she ran her hand along the smooth wood, enjoying the cool silky soft feel of it.
Carmen climbed off Alex's lap and took Destiny's soft little hand in hers.
Clouds drifted away from a full moon, drenching the patio with soft lunar light.
His chuckle was soft.
She made a soft noise, cuddling closer to her father.
She climbed onto the vehicle and settled on the soft cushion.
The soft sand in the ravine would make it simple for the Indians to detect where they had emerged.
His tone was soft but lethal.
They used to hang in long festoons from our porch, filling the whole air with their fragrance, untainted by any earthy smell; and in the early morning, washed in the dew, they felt so soft, so pure, I could not help wondering if they did not resemble the asphodels of God's garden.
She kneeled beside her, stroking the soft curly hair.
Zach squirmed and made soft baby noises.
He recalled how soothing her hug had been earlier and itched to feel her soft, warm body in his arms again.
The little kitten brightened, its eyes shone, and it seemed ready to lift its tail, jump down on its soft paws, and begin playing with the ball of worsted as a kitten should.
His chuckle was soft as he pulled her gently against him.
Pete turned away and his soft footsteps faded into the darkness.
His voice was soft, and she fought the urge to reach out to him.
Her soft voice was always calm.
Leaning down, his next kiss was soft and lingering.
His soft deep voice, the sultry look on his face – how could she resist?
In the Mont Cenis tunnel a bed of soft granite was encountered that continued to swell with almost irresistible force for some months.
The sheet thus rolled is roughly trimmed while hot and soft, so as to remove those portions of glass which have been spoilt by immediate contact with the ladle, and the sheet, still soft, is pushed into the open mouth of an annealing tunnel or " lear," down which it is carried by a system of moving grids.
Then I will take his soft chubby hand in mine, and go out in the bright sunshine with him.
One pleasant morning in the beautiful springtime, I thought I was sitting on the soft grass under my dear mother's window, looking very earnestly at the rose-bushes which were growing all around me.
No one else gives me that sense of soft tranquillity that you do... that light.
How splendid! said he to himself when a cleanly laid table was moved up to him with savory beef tea, or when he lay down for the night on a soft clean bed, or when he remembered that the French had gone and that his wife was no more.
Her soft voice drifted off as she took him in.
His voice was soft, but the tone was firm.
He gently stroked her hair, his voice soft and close to her ear.
He understood the value of a gentle caress and a soft spoken word.
His soft chuckle suggested a close relationship.
His voice was soft and suggestive.
His warm lips touched her shoulder, planting soft kisses along it and up her neck until her heart was pounding.
There was no part of him that was soft, from the chiseled abs and hips to his thick biceps.
She lowered her weapon, breathing hard from the battle in the soft sand.
A wary, tired edge was in her soft voice.
He tightened his grip until their bodies were pressed together, determined to feel her soft curves.