gentle
- Adjective. Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.
- Adjective. Soft and mild rather than hard or severe.
- Adjective. Docile and easily managed.
- Adjective. Gradual rather than steep or sudden.
- Adjective. Polite and respectful rather than rude.
- Verb. (intransitive) to become gentle (rfex) .
- Verb. (transitive) to ennoble (rfex) .
- Verb. (transitive, animal husbandry) to break; to tame; to domesticate (rfex) .
- Verb. (transitive) To soothe; to calm. (rfex) .
- Noun. (archaic) A person of high birth. (rfex) .
- Noun. (archaic) A maggot used as bait by anglers (rfex) .
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