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شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
english
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adj. hushed: She spoke in a soft voice. adj. downy: He sleeps on a soft mattress.
Simple Definitions
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soft not hard, firm, or stiff, but easy to press: • a soft mattress • Her skin was lovely and soft. • soft ground tender used about meat or vegetables that are soft and easy to cut, especially because they have been well cooked: • The beef was very tender. • Cook the carrots until tender. soggy very wet and too soft, in a way that seems unpleasant – used about bread, vegetables, and the ground: • soggy cabbage • a piece of soggy bread • The ground was too soggy to walk on. squishy soft and easy to press – used especially about fruit that is too soft, and about soft wet ground which makes a noise when you walk on it: • squishy tomatoes • The leaves were squishy under our feet. squashy British English soft and easy to press – used especially about fruit that is too soft, and about chairs that are soft and comfortable: • The peaches have gone all squashy. • a big squashy sofa mushy used about fruit or vegetables that are very soft, wet, and unpleasant, because they are not fresh or have been cooked for too long: • mushy pieces of banana • a few mushy carrots spongy soft and full of holes that contain air or liquid like a sponge: • a spongy foam • a spongy loaf • His boots sank into the spongy soil. springy used about something that is soft and comes back to its normal shape after being pressed or walked on: • springy turf (= grass ) • Her hair felt lovely and springy. pliable used about a material or substance that can be bent or pressed without breaking or cracking: • The clay was still pliable and not too dry. yielding literary used about a surface which is soft and will bend when you press it: • yielding flesh COLLOCATIONS CHECK tender meat/vegetables soggy ground/bread/vegetables/paper squishy fruit/ground squashy fruit/chair mushy fruit/vegetables spongy ground/texture/foam/loaf springy hair/turf/carpet pliable material/clay
Longman-Thesaurus
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adj. VERBS be, feel, look | become, go, turn | stay Her skin had stayed soft and supple. ADV. beautifully, extremely, incredibly, really, very The fabric has a beautifully soft texture. | all These tomatoes have gone all soft. | fairly, quite, rather, relatively, slightly
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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In addition to the idioms beginning with SOFT, Also see HARD (SOFT) SELL.
American Heritage Idioms