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  • 1Soft — (s[o^]ft; 115), a. [Compar. {Softer} (s[o^]ft [ e]r); superl. {Softest}.] [OE. softe, AS. s[=o]fte, properly adv. of s[=e]fte, adj.; akin to OS. s[=a]fto, adv., D. zacht, OHG. samfto, adv., semfti, adj., G. sanft, LG. sacht; of uncertain origin.] …

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  • 2Soft — Soft, n. A soft or foolish person; an idiot. [Colloq.] G. Eliot. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 3Soft — Soft, adv. Softly; without roughness or harshness; gently; quietly. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] A knight soft riding toward them. Spenser. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 4Soft — Soft, interj. Be quiet; hold; stop; not so fast. [1913 Webster] Soft, you; a word or two before you go. Shak. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 5Soft g — can refer to:#The soft g sound in many languages, see hard and soft g. #A g with breve …

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  • 6soft FM — soft facilities management (soft FM). Services, other than hard FM, which support the operation of the facility (for example, catering, cleaning, laundry, parking). Practical Law Dictionary. Glossary of UK, US and international legal terms.… …

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  • 7Soft! — is a novel by British writer Rupert Thomson, written in 1998. It is published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc of London.Apparently acting as participants in a sleep experiment, the protagonists of this novel find themselves the unwitting word of… …

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  • 8Soft — Business* Adventure Soft, UK based video game developer which was established in the 1980s by Mike Woodroffe * Cocktail Soft, Japanese H game manufacturer * Hudson Soft, Japanese publisher and developer * Illusion Soft, company from Yokohama,… …

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  • 9soft — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sōfte, alteration of sēfte; akin to Old High German semfti soft Date: before 12th century 1. a. pleasing or agreeable to the senses ; bringing ease, comfort, or quiet < the soft influences&#8230; …

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  • 10soft — softly, adv. softness, n. /sawft, soft/, adj., softer, softest, n., adv., interj. adj. 1. yielding readily to touch or pressure; easily penetrated, divided, or changed in shape; not hard or stiff: a soft pillow. 2. relatively deficient in&#8230; …

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