OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 12005

soft

/sɒft/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
blando • lene • mole • muelle
Easily giving way under pressure.
My favorite Greek cheese is the creamy, sheepy manouri: delicately scented and almost spreadable, it’s like a softer, pudgier feta.
My head sank easily into the soft pillow.
lene • suave
Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh.
Polish the silver with a soft cloth to avoid scratching.
soft silk; a soft skin
ligero • suave • tenue
Gentle.
I would to God my heart were flint, like Edward's; / Or Edward's soft and pitiful, like mine.
There was a soft breeze blowing.
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