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• meek — [mi:k] adj [Date: 1100 1200; : Old Norse; Origin: mjukr soft ] very quiet and gentle and unwilling to argue with people ▪ He was always so meek and mild . >meekly adv ▪ All right, said Neil meekly. >meekness n [U] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• mild — adj. 1 not very cold VERBS ▪ be ▪ become, turn (esp. BrE) ▪ Later in the week the weather turned very mild. ▪ remain ADVERB …   Collocations dictionary

• meek — adjective very quiet and gentle and unwilling to argue or express an opinion: a meek and obedient child | meek and mild (=extremely quiet and gentle): She d never stand up for herself, she s too meek and mild. meekly adverb: She smiled meekly.… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• meek — [mēk] adj. [ME meke (earlier meoc) < ON miukr, pliant, gentle < IE base * meug , *meuk , to slip, slippery, slimy > MUCK, L mucus, Gr myxa] 1. patient and mild; not inclined to anger or resentment 2. too submissive; easily imposed on;… …   English World dictionary

• Mild — (m[imac]ld), a. [Compar. {Milder}; superl. {Mildest}.] [AS. milde; akin to OS. mildi, D. & G. mild, OHG. milti, Icel. mildr, Sw. & Dan. mild, Goth. milds; cf. Lith. melas dear, Gr. ? gladdening gifts.] Gentle; pleasant; kind; soft; bland;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Mild steel — Mild Mild (m[imac]ld), a. [Compar. {Milder}; superl. {Mildest}.] [AS. milde; akin to OS. mildi, D. & G. mild, OHG. milti, Icel. mildr, Sw. & Dan. mild, Goth. milds; cf. Lith. melas dear, Gr. ? gladdening gifts.] Gentle; pleasant; kind; soft;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• meek — modest, *humble, lowly Analogous words: gentle, mild (see SOFT): subdued, submissive, *tame: *compliant, acquiescent, resigned: *forbearing, tolerant, lenient: patient, long suffering (see corresponding nouns at PATIENCE) Ant …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• The Wesley Family, Samuel, Samuel, John and Charles — (1662 1791)    • Samuel, 1662 1735    Born at Winterborn Whitchurch, Dorset, the son of the vicar, he was educated at Newington Green, a private school where he was a friend of Daniel Defoe. He graduated B.A. from Exeter College, Oxford, in 1688 …   British and Irish poets

• meek — [[t]mi͟ːk[/t]] meeker, meekest ADJ GRADED If you describe a person as meek, you think that they are gentle and quiet, and likely to do what other people say. He was a meek, mild mannered fellow. ...the meekest and most docile of people. Derived… …   English dictionary

• mild — 1. adjective /ˈmaɪld/ Gentle; pleasant; kind; soft; bland; clement; hence, moderate in degree or quality; the opposite of harsh, severe, irritating, violent, disagreeable, etc.; applied to persons and things; as, a mild disposition; a mild eye; a …   Wiktionary

• meek — Synonyms and related words: abject, accommodating, acquiescent, adapting, adaptive, adjusting, amenable, bland, broken, chastened, compliant, deferential, docile, domesticated, dovelike, forbearing, gentle, housebroken, humble, humble minded,… …   Moby Thesaurus