Found 2 items, similar to lithe.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: lithe
lithe
adj : gracefully slender; moving and bending with ease [syn:
lissome,
lissom,
lithesome,
slender,
supple,
svelte,
sylphlike]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Lithe
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.
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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.]
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2. Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber;
as, the elephant's lithe proboscis. --Milton.
Syn: lithesome.
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Lithe
\Lithe\, v. t. [AS. l[imac][eth]ian. See
Lithe, a.]
To smooth; to soften; to palliate. [Obs.]
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