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soft
What does soft mean?
soft (adjective): yielding readily to pressure or weight.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use soft in a sentence?
- My head sank easily into the soft pillow. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce soft?
/sɔft/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does soft come from?
From Middle English softe, from Old English sōfte, alteration of earlier sēfte (“soft”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are antonyms of soft?
Words related to soft
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “soft” mean?
yielding readily to pressure or weight
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first or earliest in a group or series
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that has objective, physical existence
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remaining after expenses or deductions
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