simple

  1. Adjective.  Uncomplicated; taken by itself, with nothing added.
  2. Adjective.  Without ornamentation; plain.
  3. Adjective.  Free from duplicity; guileless, innocent, straightforward.
  4. Adjective.  Undistinguished in social condition; of no special rank.
  5. Adjective.  (context, now) Trivial; insignificant.
  6. Adjective.  (context, now) Feeble-minded; foolish.
  7. Adjective.  (chemistry) Consisting of one single substance; uncompounded.
  8. Adjective.  (mathematics) Of a group: having no normal subgroup.
  9. Adjective.  (botany) Not compound, but possibly lobed.
  10. Noun.  (medicine) A preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.
  11. Noun.  (logic) A simple or atomic proposition.
  12. Verb.  (transitive, intransitive) To gather simples, ie, medicinal herbs.

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