[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

soft \soft\ so^ft; 115, a. compar. softer
   so^ft"~er; superl. softest. oe. softe, as.
   s=ofte, properly adv. of s=efte, adj.; akin to os.
   s=afto, adv., d. zacht, ohg. samfto, adv., semfti, adj., g.
   sanft, lg. sacht; of uncertain origin.
   1. easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or
      cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also,
      malleable; -- opposed to hard; as, a soft bed; a soft
      peach; soft earth; soft wood or metal.
      1913 webster

   2. not rough, rugged, or harsh to the touch; smooth;
      delicate; fine; as, soft silk; a soft skin.
      1913 webster

            they that wear soft clothing are in king's houses.
                                                  --matt. xi. 8.
      1913 webster

   3. hence, agreeable to feel, taste, or inhale; not irritating
      to the tissues; as, a soft liniment; soft wines. "the
      soft, delicious air." --milton.
      1913 webster

   4. not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring; pleasing
      to the eye; not exciting by intensity of color or violent
      contrast; as, soft hues or tints.
      1913 webster

            the sun, shining upon the upper part of the clouds .
            . . made the softest lights imaginable. --sir t.
                                                  browne.
      1913 webster

   5. not harsh or rough in sound; gentle and pleasing to the
      ear; flowing; as, soft whispers of music.
      1913 webster

            her voice was ever soft,
            gentle, and low, -- an excellent thing in woman.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

            soft were my numbers; who could take offense?
                                                  --pope.
      1913 webster

   6. easily yielding; susceptible to influence; flexible;
      gentle; kind.
      1913 webster

            i would to god my heart were flint, like edward's;
            or edward's soft and pitiful, like mine. --shak.
      1913 webster

            the meek or soft shall inherit the earth. --tyndale.
      1913 webster

   7. expressing gentleness, tenderness, or the like; mild;
      conciliatory; courteous; kind; as, soft eyes.
      1913 webster

            a soft answer turneth away wrath.     --prov. xv. 1.
      1913 webster

            a face with gladness overspread,
            soft smiles, by human kindness bred.  --wordsworth.
      1913 webster

   8. effeminate; not courageous or manly, weak.
      1913 webster

            a longing after sensual pleasures is a dissolution
            of the spirit of a man, and makes it loose, soft,
            and wandering.                        --jer. taylor.
      1913 webster

   9. gentle in action or motion; easy.
      1913 webster

            on her soft axle, white she paces even,
            and bears thee soft with the smooth air along.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

   10. weak in character; impressible.
       1913 webster

             the deceiver soon found this soft place of adam's.
                                                  --glanvill.
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   11. somewhat weak in intellect. colloq.
       1913 webster

             he made soft fellows stark noddies, and such as
             were foolish quite mad.              --burton.
       1913 webster

   12. quiet; undisturbed; paceful; as, soft slumbers.
       1913 webster

   13. having, or consisting of, a gentle curve or curves; not
       angular or abrupt; as, soft outlines.
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   14. not tinged with mineral salts; adapted to decompose soap;
       as, soft water is the best for washing.
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   15. phonetics
       a applied to a palatal, a sibilant, or a dental
           consonant as g in gem, c in cent, etc. as
           distinguished from a guttural mute as g in go, c in
           cone, etc.; -- opposed to hard.
       b belonging to the class of sonant elements as
           distinguished from the surd, and considered as
           involving less force in utterance; as, b, d, g, z, v,
           etc., in contrast with p, t, k, s, f, etc.
           1913 webster

   soft clam zool., the common or long clam mya
      arenaria. see mya.

   soft coal, bituminous coal, as distinguished from
      anthracite, or hard, coal.

   soft crab zool., any crab which has recently shed its
      shell.

   soft dorsal zool., the posterior part of the dorsal fin
      of fishes when supported by soft rays.

   soft grass. bot. see velvet grass.

   soft money, paper money, as distinguished from coin, or
      hard money. colloq. u.s.

   soft mute. phonetics see media.

   soft palate. see the note under palate.

   soft ray zool., a fin ray which is articulated and
      usually branched.

   soft soap. see under soap.

   soft-tack, leavened bread, as distinguished from
      hard-tack, or ship bread.

   soft tortoise zool., any river tortoise of the genus
      trionyx. see trionyx.
      1913 webster
see also:
softer softest hard soft clam mya arenaria mya 
soft coal soft crab soft dorsal soft grass velvet grass 
soft money soft mute media soft palate palate 
soft ray soft soap soap soft-tack hard-tack 
ship bread soft tortoise trionyx 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

soap \soap\, n. oe. sope, as. s=ape; akin to d. zeep, g.
   seife, ohg. seifa, icel. s=apa, sw. s?pa, dan. s?be, and
   perhaps to as. simacpan to drip, mhg. simacfen, and l.
   sebum tallow. cf. saponaceous.
   a substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather,
   and is used as a cleansing agent. soap is produced by
   combining fats or oils with alkalies or alkaline earths,
   usually by boiling, and consists of salts of sodium,
   potassium, etc., with the fatty acids oleic, stearic,
   palmitic, etc.. see the note below, and cf.
   saponification. by extension, any compound of similar
   composition or properties, whether used as a cleaning agent
   or not.
   1913 webster

   note: in general, soaps are of two classes, hard and soft.
         calcium, magnesium, lead, etc., form soaps, but they
         are insoluble and useless.
         1913 webster

               the purifying action of soap depends upon the
               fact that it is decomposed by a large quantity of
               water into free alkali and an insoluble acid
               salt. the first of these takes away the fatty
               dirt on washing, and the latter forms the soap
               lather which envelops the greasy matter and thus
               tends to remove it.                --roscoe 
                                                  schorlemmer.
         1913 webster

   castile soap, a fine-grained hard soap, white or mottled,
      made of olive oil and soda; -- called also marseilles
      soap or venetian soap.

   hard soap, any one of a great variety of soaps, of
      different ingredients and color, which are hard and
      compact. all solid soaps are of this class.

   lead soap, an insoluble, white, pliable soap made by
      saponifying an oil olive oil with lead oxide; -- used
      externally in medicine. called also lead plaster,
      diachylon, etc.

   marine soap. see under marine.

   pills of soap med., pills containing soap and opium.

   potash soap, any soap made with potash, esp. the soft
      soaps, and a hard soap made from potash and castor oil.

   pumice soap, any hard soap charged with a gritty powder, as
      silica, alumina, powdered pumice, etc., which assists
      mechanically in the removal of dirt.

   resin soap, a yellow soap containing resin, -- used in
      bleaching.

   silicated soap, a cheap soap containing water glass sodium
      silicate.

   soap bark. bot. see quillaia bark.

   soap bubble, a hollow iridescent globe, formed by blowing a
      film of soap suds from a pipe; figuratively, something
      attractive, but extremely unsubstantial.
      1913 webster

            this soap bubble of the metaphysicians. --j. c.
                                                  shairp.
      1913 webster

   soap cerate, a cerate formed of soap, olive oil, white wax,
      and the subacetate of lead, sometimes used as an
      application to allay inflammation.

   soap fat, the refuse fat of kitchens, slaughter houses,
      etc., used in making soap.

   soap liniment med., a liniment containing soap, camphor,
      and alcohol.

   soap nut, the hard kernel or seed of the fruit of the
      soapberry tree, -- used for making beads, buttons, etc.

   soap plant bot., one of several plants used in the place
      of soap, as the chlorogalum pomeridianum, a california
      plant, the bulb of which, when stripped of its husk and
      rubbed on wet clothes, makes a thick lather, and smells
      not unlike new brown soap. it is called also soap apple,
      soap bulb, and soap weed.

   soap tree. bot. same as soapberry tree.

   soda soap, a soap containing a sodium salt. the soda soaps
      are all hard soaps.

   soft soap, a soap of a gray or brownish yellow color, and
      of a slimy, jellylike consistence, made from potash or the
      lye from wood ashes. it is strongly alkaline and often
      contains glycerin, and is used in scouring wood, in
      cleansing linen, in dyehouses, etc. figuratively,
      flattery; wheedling; blarney. colloq.

   toilet soap, hard soap for the toilet, usually colored and
      perfumed.
      1913 webster
see also:
saponaceous saponification castile soap marseilles soap venetian soap hard soap 
lead soap lead plaster diachylon marine soap marine 
pills of soap potash soap pumice soap resin soap silicated soap 
soap bark quillaia bark soap bubble soap cerate soap fat 
soap liniment soap nut soap plant chlorogalum pomeridianum soap apple 
soap bulb soap weed soap tree soapberry tree soda soap 
soft soap toilet soap 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

soft soap
     n 1: flattery designed to gain favor syn: blarney, coaxing,
          sweet talk
     2: a soft or liquid soap made from vegetable oils; used in
        certain skin diseases syn: green soap
see also:
blarney coaxing sweet talk green soap 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

118 moby thesaurus words for "soft soap":
   pecksniffery, tartuffery, tartuffism, adulation, advocate,
   allurement, be hypocritical, blandish, blandishment, blandness,
   blarney, bunkum, butter, butter up, cajole, cajolement, cajolery,
   call on, call upon, cant, coax, coaxing, compliment, conning,
   empty gesture, engagement, enlistment, exhort, exhortation,
   eyewash, fair words, false piety, fawning, flattery, fulsomeness,
   get around, give lip service, give mouth honor, glibness, grease,
   high-pressure, honey, honeyed phrases, honeyed words, hortation,
   hypocrisy, hypocriticalness, importune, incense, inducement,
   insist, insist upon, jawbone, jawboning, jolly, kid along,
   lay it on, lip service, lobby, lobbying, mealymouthedness, mouth,
   mouthing, mummery, nag, oil, oiliness, ostentatious devotion,
   overdo it, palaver, persuasion, pharisaism, play the hypocrite,
   play up to, plead with, praise, preaching, preachment, press,
   pressure, pretty lies, push, recommend, reek of piety, religiosity,
   render lip service, sales talk, salesmanship, sanctimoniousness,
   sanctimony, selling, smoothness, smugness, snivel, snow job,
   snuffle, snuffling, soap, soft words, soften up, solicitation,
   string along, stroke, suasion, suaveness, suavity, sweet nothings,
   sweet talk, sweet words, sweet-talk, sycophancy, tokenism,
   unctuousness, urge, wheedle, wheedling, work on, working on

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