lithe
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.