soft

[sɒft]
adj
easy to dent, work, or cut without shattering; malleable
not hard; giving little or no resistance to pressure or weight
fine, light, smooth, or fluffy to the touch
gentle; tranquil
(of music, sounds, etc) low and pleasing
(of light, colour, etc) not excessively bright or harsh
(of a breeze, climate, etc) temperate, mild, or pleasant
drizzly or rainy
the weather has turned soft
slightly blurred; not sharply outlined
soft focus
(of a diet) consisting of easily digestible foods
kind or lenient, often excessively so
easy to influence or impose upon
prepared to compromise; not doctrinaire
the soft left
feeble or silly; simple (often in the phrase soft in the head)
unable to endure hardship, esp through too much pampering
physically out of condition; flabby
soft muscles
loving; tender
soft words
requiring little exertion; easy
a soft job
(of water) relatively free of mineral salts and therefore easily able to make soap lather
(of a drug such as cannabis) nonaddictive or only mildly addictiveSee hard
(of news coverage) concentrating on trivial stories or those with human interest
an older word for lenis.(not in technical usage) denoting the consonants c and g in English when they are pronounced as palatal or alveolar fricatives or affricates (s, dʒ, ʃ, ð, tʃ) before e and i, rather than as velar stops (k, g).(in the Slavonic languages) palatalized before a front vowel or a special character (soft sign) written as ƃ
unprotected against attack.unarmoured, esp as applied to a truck by comparison with a tank
(of prices, a market, etc) unstable and tending to decline
(of a currency) in relatively little demand, esp because of a weak balance of payments situation
(of radiation, such as X-rays and ultraviolet radiation) having low energy and not capable of deep penetration of materials
(of valves or tubes) only partially evacuated
related to the performance of non-specific, undefinable tasks
soft skills such as customer services and office support
adv
in a soft manner
to speak soft
n
a soft object, part, or piece
See softie
interj
quiet!
wait!