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soft ground — noun 1. : a mixture of ordinary etching ground usually with tallow or grease that is used chiefly to obtain textural lines and effects on the plate by pressing cloth or similar material into the ground or by drawing with a pencil on a piece of… … Useful english dictionary
soft ground — 1. an etching ground usually mixed with tallow. Cf. hard ground. 2. a technique of etching in which a design is drawn on paper placed on a plate covered with a soft ground, resulting in a granular effect resembling pencil, chalk, or crayon. * * * … Universalium
soft ground arrester — A runway overrun barrier using fine river sand as a retarding material. Such arresters supplement the normal net type of arrester barriers. They may be located along with these arrester barriers or without them … Aviation dictionary
Ground pressure — is the pressure exerted on the ground by the tires or tracks of a motorized vehicle, and is one measure of its potential mobility, [cite book last = Allen first = Jim authorlink = Allen, Jim coauthors = title = Jeep 4 X 4 Performance Handbook… … Wikipedia
soft — W2S2 [sɔft US so:ft] adj comparative softer superlative softest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not hard)¦ 2¦(not rough)¦ 3¦(not loud)¦ 4¦(colour/light)¦ 5¦(no hard edges)¦ 6¦(rain/wind)¦ 7¦(not strict)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
soft´ly — soft «sft, soft», adjective, adverb, noun, interjection. –adj. 1. a) not hard; yielding readily to touch or pressure: »a soft tomato, soft ground, a soft bed. b) easily bent without breaking; not stiff; flexible: »Oil keeps leather soft.… … Useful english dictionary
soft shoulder — ☆ soft shoulder n. soft ground along the edge of a highway … English World dictionary
ground — n. contested area 1) to gain ground on 2) to hold, stand one s ground 3) to give ground 4) to lose, yield ground soil terrain 5) to cover ground 6) firm, hard, solid; frozen; high; soft ground 7) hallowed, holy ground 8) on the ground intere … Combinatory dictionary
soft — adjective 1 NOT HARD a) not hard or firm, but easy to press: a soft pillow | My feet sank into the soft ground. | get/go soft: Cook the onions until they go soft. b) less hard than average: a soft lead pencil | a soft cheese 2 NOT ROUGH having a… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
soft — adjective 1) soft fruit Syn: mushy, squashy, pulpy, pappy, slushy, squishy, doughy; informal gooey Ant: hard 2) soft ground Syn: swampy … Thesaurus of popular words
soft — adjective 1) soft fruit Syn: mushy, squashy, pulpy, slushy, squelchy, squishy, doughy; informal gooey; Brit.; informal squidgy 2) soft ground Syn: swampy … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
