Of things, chiefly material things: Mild, soft; also, agreeable, mellow, pleasant. Of a medicine: Gentle in operation. Obsolete exc. dialect.

Soft, tender; frail, weak.

Soft in texture or consistency; yielding easily to pressure or force. In later use chiefly: tender, succulent, juicy.

Soft or delicate in texture or consistence; yielding easily to force or pressure; fragile; easily broken, divided, compressed, or injured; of…

Not hard or firm to the touch; having a surface that offers only limited resistance to pressure. Frequently of a person’s body or a body part…

Soft.

Of a soft or yielding consistency; not rigid or hard.

Mellow, soft, tender; (of weather) mild; (of soil) friable, loose.

Not firm, hard, or solid.

Disagreeably slimy, wet, or dirty. Now somewhat rare.

Lax, flaccid; soft, tender. Obsolete exc. dialect.

Of soil: soft, moist. Obsolete.

Not rough, coarse, or irritating to the feel or touch; soft; yielding to pressure, pliant, supple.

Soft; molten; (esp. of a cow's skin) soft and pliable. Now rare.

Soft in texture or consistency; yielding; smooth. Also figurative of a person's intelligence (cf. sense 5). Cf. soft, adj. 10 11.

tender.

Soft, tender, mellow.

Mellow; soft and insipid; (of weather) mild, humid. Also (in extended use): pleasant, agreeable.

Soft, not firm in substance.