Soft

What “Soft” means

Adj

1. Easily giving way under pressure.
2. Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh.
3. Quiet.
4. Gentle.
5. Expressing gentleness or tenderness; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind.

Intj

1. Be quiet; hold; stop; not so fast.

Noun

1. A soft-headed or foolish person; an idiot.
2. A soft drink.
3. A tyre whose compound is softer than mediums, and harder than supersofts.
4. A soft sound or part of a sound.
5. A piece of software.

Adv

1. Softly; without roughness or harshness; gently; quietly.

Where the word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Germanic *samþuz /*samftuz Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) Old English sōfte Middle English softe English soft From Middle English softe, from Old English sōfte, alteration of earlier sēfte (“soft”), from Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) (“level, even, smooth, soft, gentle”) (compare *sōmiz (“agreeable, fitting”)), from Proto-Indo-European *semptio-, *semtio-, from *sem- (“one, whole”). Cognate with West Frisian sêft (“gentle; soft”), Dutch zacht (“soft”), German Low German sacht (“soft”), German sanft (“soft, yielding”), Old Norse sœmr (“agreeable, fitting”), samr (“same”). More at seem, same.

From Middle English softe, from Old English sōfte (“softly”), from Proto-West Germanic *samftō (“softly”).

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Industries where “Soft” fits

We suggest this word for 1 business types and industries, including:

• Soft Drink Manufacturing