soft

Definitions of soft in various dictionaries:

adj - yielding readily to pressure or weight

adj - compassionate and kind

adj - (of sound) relatively low in volume

adj - easily hurt

adj - produced with vibration of the vocal cords

adj - not protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons)

adj - used chiefly as a direction or description in music

adj - (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected

adj - (of speech sounds)

adj - (of a commodity or market or currency) falling or likely to fall in value

adj - using evidence not readily amenable to experimental verification or refutation

adj - tolerant or lenient

adj - soft and mild

adj - having little impact

adj - out of condition

adj - willing to negotiate and compromise

adj - not burdensome or demanding

adj - mild and pleasant

adj - not brilliant or glaring

adv - in a relaxed manner

Easily molded, cut, or worked.

Yielding readily to pressure or weight.

Out of condition; flabby.

Smooth or fine to the touch: a soft fabric.

Not loud, harsh, or irritating: a soft voice.

Not brilliant or glaring; subdued: soft colors.

Not sharply drawn or delineated: soft charcoal shading; a scene filmed in soft focus.

Mild; balmy: a soft breeze.

Of a gentle disposition; tender.

Affectionate: a soft glance.

Attracted or emotionally involved: He has been soft on her for years.

Not stern; lenient.

Lacking strength of character; weak.

Simple; feeble.

Gradually declining in trend; not firm: a soft economy; a soft computer market.

Easy: a soft job.

Based on conciliation or negotiation rather than on threats or power plays: took a soft line toward their opponents.

Informal and entertaining without confronting difficult issues or hard facts: a soft story about a senator’s private life.

Using or based on data that is not readily quantifiable or amenable to experimental verification or refutation: soft evidence; the soft sciences.

Of or relating to a paper currency as distinct from a hard currency backed by gold.

Having low dissolved mineral content.

Linguistics.

Sibilant rather than guttural, as c in certain and g in gem.

Voiced and weakly articulated: a soft consonant.

Palatalized, as certain consonants in Slavic languages.

A soft object or part.

adj - yielding readily to pressure

noun - a soft object or part