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      soft
      noun
      A soft drink.
      (countable, motor racing) A tyre whose compound is softer than mediums, and harder than supersofts.
      (countable, colloquial) A soft sound or part of a sound.
      (countable, archaic) A soft-headed or foolish person; an idiot.
      (countable, computing, dated, nonstandard, rare) A piece of software.
      (UK, slang, obsolete, uncountable) Banknotes.
      adjective
      Easily giving way under pressure.
      (of cloth or similar material) Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh.
      (of a sound) Quiet.
      Gentle.
      Expressing gentleness or tenderness; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind.
      Gentle in action or motion; easy.
      Weak in character; impressible.
      Requiring little or no effort; easy.
      Not bright or intense.
      Having a slight angle from straight.
      (phonetics) Voiced; sonant; lenis.
      (Slavic, phonology) Palatalized.
      (slang) Excessively empathetic or concerned about others’ wellbeing.
      (slang) Lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy.
      (of water) Low in dissolved calcium compounds.
      (UK, colloquial) Foolish.
      (physics) 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)
      (of a person) Physically or emotionally weak.
      (UK, of a man) Effeminate.
      Agreeable to the senses.
      Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring or jagged; pleasing to the eye.
      (photography, of light) Made up of nonparallel rays, tending to wrap around a subject and produce diffuse shadows.
      Incomplete, or temporary; not a full action.
      (computing) Emulated with software; not physically real.
      (of a drug) Not likely to cause addiction.
      (of a drink) Not containing alcohol.
      Easy-going, lenient, not strict; permissive.
      (finance) Of a market: having more supply than demand; being a buyer's market.
      (of pornography) Softcore
      (of kinks or sexual activity) Mild, tame, moderate; far from intense or excluding harsh elements.
      Of paper: unsized.
      Of silk: having the natural gum cleaned or washed off.
      Of coal: bituminous, as opposed to anthracitic.
      Of weather: warm enough to melt ice; thawing.
      (informal, idiomatic, followed by on) Attracted to or emotionally involved with someone.
      (phonetics, rare) Voiceless.
      adverb
      (obsolete) Softly; without roughness or harshness; gently; quietly.
      Synonyms for soft
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      Words related to soft
      semisoftadjcasefyvsoftnessnsqueezableadjsoftynsquashinessnsquidgyadjmurmurousadjpillowyadjfluffilyadvfavoniansoftensv

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