softness

Roget-categorie 324

3. Words relating to matter
› 3.2. Inorganic matter
›› 3.2.1. Solid matter

#324. Softness

zelfstandig naamwoord

softness, pliableness etc. adj. — flexibility — pliancy, pliability — sequacity^†, malleability — ductility, tractility^† — extendibility, extensibility — plasticity — inelasticity, flaccidity, laxity.
penetrability.
clay, wax, butter, dough, pudding — alumina, argil — cushion, pillow, feather bed, down, padding, wadding — foam.
mollification — softening etc. v..

werkwoord

render soft etc. adj. — soften, mollify, mellow, relax, temper — mash, knead, squash.
bend, yield, relent, relax, give.
plasticize'.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

soft, tender, supple — pliant, pliable — flexible, flexile — lithe, lithesome — lissom, limber, plastic — ductile — tractile^†, tractable — malleable, extensile, sequacious^†, inelastic — aluminous^† — remollient^†.
yielding etc. v. — flabby, limp, flimsy.
doughy, spongy, penetrable, foamy, cushiony^†.
flaccid, flocculent, downy — edematous, oedematous^†, medullary [Anat.], argillaceous, mellow.
soft as butter, soft as down, soft as silk — yielding as wax, tender as chicken.

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