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1. nличинка м'ясної мухи (як наживка)2. adj1) м'який, добрий, лагідний; ніжний, ласкавийgentle music — тиха (ніжна) музика
2) легкий, слабкий (про вітер тощо)3) приручений; слухняний, сумирний; ручний4) пологий5) родовитий, знатний6) благородний, великодушний; чемний, ґречнийgentle craft (art) — жарт. а) вудіння риби; б) шевство, шевська справа
3. v1) пом'якшувати; заспокоювати2) облагороджувати3) приручати; об'їжджати (коня)* * *I a1) м'який, добрий; лагідний; ніжний; тихий, спокійний2) легкий, слабкийgentle breeze — легкий вітерець; мop. слабкий вітер ( 3 бали)
3) слухняний, смирний; приручений, ручний4) пологий, положистий5) знатний, родовитий, шляхетний6) icт. благородний, шляхетний, великодушний; вихований, чемнийII v1) пом'якшувати; заспокоювати3) приручати; об'їжджати ( коня)III n
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gentle reader — noun Courteous reader, an old fashioned phrase common in the prefaces of books • • • Main Entry: ↑gentle … Useful english dictionary
gentle reader — kind reader (form of address used by an author when addressing a reader) … English contemporary dictionary
Gentle — Gen tle, a. [Compar. {Gentler}; superl. {Gentlest}.] [OE. gentil, F. gentil noble, pretty, graceful, fr. L. gentilis of the same clan or race, fr. gens, gentis, tribe, clan, race, orig. that which belongs together by birth, fr. the root of genere … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gentle — [jent′ l] adj. gentler, gentlest [ME gentil < OFr, of noble birth < L gentilis, of the same gens (in LL, of a good family) < gens: see GENS] 1. belonging to the upper classes or polite society 2. like or suitable to polite society;… … English World dictionary
gentle — Formerly a vocative in its own right, especially in the plural when it was used to address a group of nobles or gentlemen and gentlewomen. Examples of such usage occur in, e.g., The Merry Wives of Windsor (3:ii) and Henry the Fifth (l:i). The… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
gentle — gentleness, n. gently, adv. /jen tl/, adj., gentler, gentlest, v., gentled, gentling. adj. 1. kindly; amiable: a gentle manner. 2. not severe, rough, or violent; mild: a gentle wind; a gentle tap on the shoulder. 3. moderate: gentle heat. 4 … Universalium
gentle — [13] Expressions like ‘of gentle birth’, and related forms such as gentility [14] and gentleman [13] point up the original link between gentle and ‘family, stock, birth’. The word comes via Old French gentil from Latin gentīlis, a derivative of… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
gentle — [13] Expressions like ‘of gentle birth’, and related forms such as gentility [14] and gentleman [13] point up the original link between gentle and ‘family, stock, birth’. The word comes via Old French gentil from Latin gentīlis, a derivative of… … Word origins
gentle — I. adjective (gentler; gentlest) Etymology: Middle English gentil, from Anglo French, from Latin gentilis of a gens, of one s family, from gent , gens gens, nation; akin to Latin gignere to beget more at kin Date: 13th century 1. a. belonging to… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Reader's Digest Condensed Books — were a series of anthology books, available by subscription and originally published quarterly (the frequency of publication went through several changes over the years), by Reader s Digest. Each volume consisted of three to five current… … Wikipedia
The gentle craft — Gentle Gen tle, a. [Compar. {Gentler}; superl. {Gentlest}.] [OE. gentil, F. gentil noble, pretty, graceful, fr. L. gentilis of the same clan or race, fr. gens, gentis, tribe, clan, race, orig. that which belongs together by birth, fr. the root of … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English