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.
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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.