lithe

(noun, adjective, verb)

adjective

1. gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease

Similar word(s): graceful, lissom, lissome, lithesome, sinuous, supple

Sentences with lithe as an adjective:

- lithe weather

- lithe body

- the elephant’s lithe proboscis.

noun

1. (Scotland) Shelter.

verb

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To go.

2. (intransitive, obsolete) To become calm.

3. (transitive, obsolete) To make soft or mild; soften; alleviate; mitigate; lessen; smooth; palliate.

4. (intransitive, obsolete) To give ear; attend; listen.

5. (transitive) To listen to.