Definitions for soft
soft
soft
Spelling: [sawft, soft]
IPA: /sɔft, sɒft/
Soft is a 4 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.
You can make 22 anagrams from letters in soft (fost).
Definitions for soft
noun
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something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
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softness.
Idioms
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be soft on someone, Informal. to be amorously inclined toward a person; have an affection for:
adverb
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in a soft manner.
adjective
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yielding readily to touch or pressure; easily penetrated, divided, or changed in shape; not hard or stiff:
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relatively deficient in hardness, as metal or wood.
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smooth and agreeable to the touch; not rough or coarse:
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producing agreeable sensations; pleasant or comfortable:
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low or subdued in sound; gentle and melodious:
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not harsh or unpleasant to the eye; not glaring:
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not hard or sharp:
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gentle or mild:
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genial or balmy, as climate or air.
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gentle, mild, warm-hearted, or compassionate:
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smooth, soothing, or ingratiating:
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not harsh or severe, as a penalty or demand.
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responsive or sympathetic to the feelings, emotions, needs, etc., of others; tender-hearted.
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sentimental or flowery, as language:
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not strong or robust; delicate; incapable of great endurance or exertion:
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Informal. easy; involving little effort; not difficult, laborious, trying, or severe:
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Informal. easily influenced or swayed; easily imposed upon; impressionable.
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lenient, permissive, or conciliatory, especially regarding something that is conceived of as dangerous or threatening:
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(of water) relatively free from mineral salts that interfere with the action of soap.
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(of paper money or a monetary system) not supported by sufficient gold reserves or not easily convertible into a foreign currency.
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(of a market, market condition, or prices) declining in value, volume, profitability, etc.; weak:
Compare firm1 (def 7).
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(of money) plentiful or available at low interest rates or on easy terms:
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soft-core.
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Metallurgy.
(of a metal) easily magnetized and demagnetized.
(of solder) fusing readily.
(of a metal or alloy) fully annealed, so as to provide minimum mechanical hardness.
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Photography.
(of a photographic image) having delicate gradations of tone.
(of a focus) lacking in sharpness.
(of a lens) unable to be focused sharply.
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Phonetics.
(of consonants) lenis, especially lenis and voiced.
(of c and g) pronounced as in cent and gem.
(of consonants in Slavic languages) palatalized. Compare hard (def 38).
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Military. (of a missile-launching base) aboveground and relatively unprotected from enemy attack.
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Aerospace. (of a landing of a space vehicle) gentle; not harmful to the vehicle or its contents:
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Physics. (of a beam of particles or electromagnetic radiation) having relatively low energy:
Compare hard (def 40).
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(of a delegate, voter, etc.) not committed to any one candidate.
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foolish or stupid:
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(of a detergent) readily biodegradable.
interjection
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be quiet! hush!
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not so fast! stop!
Origin of soft
before 1000; Middle English softe yielding, gentle, mild, Old English sōfte agreeable; cognate with German sanft
Examples for soft
"He's layin' down," said Bill Dozier, and his voice was soft but audible in the saloon.
There were stomachs, taut and flat, but also undulating bellies, soft and bloated from the breakfast buffet.
On it a young beardless man speaks Chechen and Arabic with a soft accent.
She was quite still, and he noted from the change in her soft breathing that she slept.
She was saying in a thick, soft voice, "It was wrong of you, my darling."
These he drove firmly into the soft bottom of a shallow lake.
Andrew Lanning was town bred and soft of skin from the work at the forge.
My surgeon told me my bones were so soft he could barely install the screws.
Reprinted by permission of soft Skull Press, an imprint of Counterpoint.
Francis is well into his seventies, looks it, has a mild demeanor and soft speaking style; but his rhetoric is electrifying.