Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; opposed to hard; as, a soft bed; a soft peach; soft earth; soft wood or metal.
2.
Not rough, rugged, or harsh to the touch; smooth; delicate; fine; as, soft silk; a soft skin."They that wear soft clothing are in king's houses."
3.
Hence, agreeable to feel, taste, or inhale; not irritating to the tissues; as, a soft liniment; soft wines. "The soft, delicious air."
4.
Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring; pleasing to the eye; not exciting by intensity of color or violent contrast; as, soft hues or tints. "The sun, shining upon the upper part of the clouds... made the softest lights imaginable."
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Not harsh or rough in sound; gentle and pleasing to the ear; flowing; as, soft whispers of music. "Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low, an excellent thing in woman.""Soft were my numbers; who could take offense?"
6.
Easily yielding; susceptible to influence; flexible; gentle; kind. "I would to God my heart were flint, like Edward's; Or Edward's soft and pitiful, like mine.""The meek or soft shall inherit the earth."
7.
Expressing gentleness, tenderness, or the like; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind; as, soft eyes. "A soft answer turneth away wrath.""A face with gladness overspread, Soft smiles, by human kindness bred."
8.
Effeminate; not courageous or manly, weak. "A longing after sensual pleasures is a dissolution of the spirit of a man, and makes it loose, soft, and wandering."
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Gentle in action or motion; easy. "On her soft axle, white she paces even, And bears thee soft with the smooth air along."
10.
Weak in character; impressible. "The deceiver soon found this soft place of Adam's."
11.
Somewhat weak in intellect. (Colloq.) "He made soft fellows stark noddies, and such as were foolish quite mad."
12.
Quiet; undisturbed; paceful; as, soft slumbers.
13.
Having, or consisting of, a gentle curve or curves; not angular or abrupt; as, soft outlines.
14.
Not tinged with mineral salts; adapted to decompose soap; as, soft water is the best for washing.
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(Phonetics)
(a)
Applied to a palatal, a sibilant, or a dental consonant (as g in gem, c in cent, etc.) as distinguished from a guttural mute (as g in go, c in cone, etc.); opposed to hard.
(b)
Belonging to the class of sonant elements as distinguished from the surd, and considered as involving less force in utterance; as, b, d, g, z, v, etc., in contrast with p, t, k, s, f, etc.
Soft clam (Zool.), the common or long clam (Mya arenaria). See Mya.
Soft coal, bituminous coal, as distinguished from anthracite, or hard, coal.
Soft crab (Zool.), any crab which has recently shed its shell.
Soft dorsal (Zool.), the posterior part of the dorsal fin of fishes when supported by soft rays.
... matter in the interior of the brain formed of nerve fibres which connect the various parts of this. 4. The small brain or cerebellum. 5. The interior of the nose. Notice the nearness of the upper part of this cavity to the brain. 6. The hard or bony palate forming the roof of the mouth. 7. The soft palate which hangs as a curtain between the mouth and the pharynx. 8. The mouth cavity. 9. The tongue. 10. The beginning of the gullet or oesophagus. 11. The larynx. 12. The windpipe or trachea. 13. The oesophagus. 14. The thyroid gland. 15. The thymus gland or sweetbread. 16. The large vein, vena cava, ... — Disease and Its Causes • William Thomas Councilman Read full book for free!
... twins so funny that Alfaretta, who always was kind of flighty, made a little noise with her soft palate and tried to pass it off for a cough. Luanna May poked her in the ribs with her elbow, and Mrs. Rowan spoke up quite loud: "Why, Pa, how you go on! I wasn't but a minute, an' you hardly ever come before halfpast. And furthermore, mister, I want to know how I'm to keep this house a-lookin' ... — Back Home • Eugene Wood Read full book for free!
... divides its affections into apostema, ulcus, putredo sive corrosio, et casus. Apostema was abscess, ulcus any rather deep erosion, putredo a gangrenous condition, and casus the fall of the uvula. This is the notorious falling of the soft palate which has always been in popular medical literature at least. Arculanus describes it as a preternatural elongation of the uvula which sometimes goes to such an extent as to make it resemble the tail of a mouse. ... — Old-Time Makers of Medicine • James J. Walsh Read full book for free!
... the twins so funny that Alfaretta, who always was kind of flighty, made a little noise with her soft palate and tried to pass it off for a cough. Luanna May poked her in the ribs with her elbow, and Mrs. Rowan spoke up quite loud: "Why, Pa, how you go on! I wasn't but a minute, an' you hardly ever come before halfpast. And furthermore, mister, ... — Back Home • Eugene Wood Read full book for free!
... has converted the vocal instrument into the chief agent of the will, but the brain in the process of time has developed by the movements of the lips, tongue, jaw, and soft palate a kinaesthetic[A] sense of articulate speech, which has been integrated and associated in the mind with rhythmical modulated sounds conveyed to the brain by the auditory nerves. There has thus been a reciprocal simultaneity in the development of these ... — The Brain and the Voice in Speech and Song • F. W. Mott Read full book for free!
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