Soft Definition–adjective | 1. | yielding readily to touch or pressure; easily penetrated, divided, or changed in shape; not hard or stiff: a soft pillow. | | 2. | relatively deficient in hardness, as metal or wood. | | 3. | smooth and agreeable to the touch; not rough or coarse: a soft fabric; soft skin. | | 4. | producing agreeable sensations; pleasant or comfortable: soft slumber. | | 5. | low or subdued in sound; gentle and melodious: soft music; a soft voice. | | 6. | not harsh or unpleasant to the eye; not glaring: soft light; a soft color. | | 7. | not hard or sharp: soft outlines. | | 8. | gentle or mild: soft breezes. | | 9. | genial or balmy, as climate or air. | | 10. | gentle, mild, warm-hearted, or compassionate: a soft, grandmotherly woman. | | 11. | smooth, soothing, or ingratiating: soft words. | | 12. | not harsh or severe, as a penalty or demand. | | 13. | responsive or sympathetic to the feelings, emotions, needs, etc., of others; tender-hearted. | | 14. | sentimental or flowery, as language: soft, meaningless talk. | | 15. | not strong or robust; delicate; incapable of great endurance or exertion: He was too soft for the Marines. | | 16. | Informal. easy; involving little effort; not difficult, laborious, trying, or severe: a soft job. | | 17. | Informal. easily influenced or swayed; easily imposed upon; impressionable. | | 18. | lenient, permissive, or conciliatory, esp. regarding something that is conceived of as dangerous or threatening: to be soft on Communism. | | 19. | (of water) relatively free from mineral salts that interfere with the action of soap. | | 20. | (of paper money or a monetary system) not supported by sufficient gold reserves or not easily convertible into a foreign currency. | | 21. | (of a market, market condition, or prices) declining in value, volume, profitability, etc.; weak: a soft tourist season. Compare firm 1 (def. 7). | | 22. | (of money) plentiful or available at low interest rates or on easy terms: a soft loan. | | 24. | Metallurgy. | a. | (of a metal) easily magnetized and demagnetized. | | b. | (of solder) fusing readily. | | c. | (of a metal or alloy) fully annealed, so as to provide minimum mechanical hardness. | | | 25. | Photography. | a. | (of a photographic image) having delicate gradations of tone. | | b. | (of a focus) lacking in sharpness. | | c. | (of a lens) unable to be focused sharply. | | | 26. | Phonetics. | a. | (of consonants) lenis, esp. lenis and voiced. | | b. | (of c and g) pronounced as in cent and gem. | | c. | (of consonants in Slavic languages) palatalized. Compare hard (def. 38). | | | 27. | Military. (of a missile-launching base) aboveground and relatively unprotected from enemy attack. | | 28. | Aerospace. (of a landing of a space vehicle) gentle; not harmful to the vehicle or its contents: a soft landing on the moon. | | 29. | Physics. (of a beam of particles or electromagnetic radiation) having relatively low energy: soft x-rays. Compare hard (def. 40). | | 30. | (of a delegate, voter, etc.) not committed to any one candidate. | | 31. | foolish or stupid: soft in the head. | | 32. | (of a detergent) readily biodegradable. | –noun | 33. | something that is soft or yielding; the soft part. | –adverb –interjection Archaic. | 37. | not so fast! stop! | —Idiom | 38. | be soft on someone, Informal. to be amorously inclined toward a person; have an affection for: He's been soft on her for years. | From DictionaryToy Definition–noun | 1. | an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything. | | 2. | a thing or matter of little or no value or importance; a trifle. | | 3. | something that serves for or as if for diversion, rather than for serious pratical use. | | 4. | a small article of little value but prized as a souvenir or for some other special reason; trinket; knickknack; bauble. | | 5. | something diminutive, esp. in comparison with like objects. | | 6. | an animal of a breed or variety noted for smallness of size: The winning terrier at the dog show was a toy. | | 7. | a close-fitting cap of linen or wool, with flaps coming down to the shoulders, formerly worn by women in Scotland. | | 8. | a simple, light piece of music, esp. of 16th or 17th century England, written for the virginal. | | 9. | Obsolete. | b. | a playful or amusing act; diversion; pastime. | | –adjective | 10. | made or designed for use as a toy: a toy gun. | | 11. | of or resembling a toy, esp. diminutive in size. | –verb (used without object) | 12. | to amuse oneself; play. | | 13. | to act idly; or with indifference; trifle: to toy with one's food. | | 14. | to dally amorously; flirt. | |
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