'Lithe' definitions:
Definition of 'lithe'
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Definition of 'Lithe'
From: GCIDE
- Lithe \Lithe\ (l[imac][th]), v. t. & i. [Icel hl[=y][eth]a. See Listen.] To listen or listen to; to hearken to. [Obs.] --P. Plowman. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lithe'
From: GCIDE
- Lithe \Lithe\, a. [AS. l[imac][eth]e, for lin[eth]e tender, mild, gentle; akin to G. lind, gelind, OHG. lindi, Icel. linr, L. lenis soft, mild, lentus flexible, and AS. linnan to yield. Cf. Lenient.]
- 1. Mild; calm; as, lithe weather. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis. --Milton.
- Syn: lithesome. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lithe'
From: GCIDE
- Lithe \Lithe\, v. t. [AS. l[imac][eth]ian. See Lithe, a.] To smooth; to soften; to palliate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lithe'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adaptable,
- bendable,
- bending,
- compliant,
- ductile,
- elastic,
- extensible,
- extensile,
- fabricable,
- facile,
- fictile,
- flexible,
- flexile,
- flexuous,
- formable,
- formative,
- giving,
- impressible,
- impressionable,
- lean,
- like putty,
- limber,
- lissome,
- lithesome,
- malleable,
- moldable,
- plastic,
- pliable,
- pliant,
- receptive,
- responsive,
- sensitive,
- sequacious,
- shapable,
- slender,
- slight,
- slim,
- spare,
- springy,
- submissive,
- supple,
- susceptible,
- thin,
- tractable,
- tractile,
- whippy,
- willowy,
- yielding