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 Definitions of lithe  [ɪð, laɪθ]  

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Definition of 'lithe' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) lithe
bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible.

Etymology:  (bef. 900; ME lith(e), OE līthe, c. OS līthi, OHG lindi mild, L lentus slow)

Definition of 'lithe' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) lissome, lissom, lithe, lithesome, slender, supple, svelte, sylphlike
moving and bending with ease


Definition of 'lithe' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) lithe
mild; calm; as, lithe weather

2. (adj) lithe
capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis

3. (adj) lithe
to smooth; to soften; to palliate

4.  lithe
to listen or listen to; to hearken to


Translation of 'lithe' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (used especially of the human body) bending easily; flexible
as lithe as a cat.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: buigsaam, soepel Arabic flag Arabic: مَرِن، لَيِّن، رشيق Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: гъвкав
Brazilian flag Brazilian: flexível Czech flag Czech: mrštný German flag German: geschmeidig
Danish flag Danish: smidig Greek flag Greek: σβέλτος, ευλύγιστος Spanish flag Spanish: ágil
Estonian flag Estonian: nõtke Farsi flag Farsi: قابل انعطاف Finnish flag Finnish: notkea
French flag French: agile, souple Hebrew flag Hebrew: גָּמִיש Hindi flag Hindi: सुनम्य
Croatian flag Croatian: savitljiv, prilagodljiv Hungarian flag Hungarian: hajlékony Indonesian flag Indonesian: lentur
Icelandic flag Icelandic: lipur, liðugur Italian flag Italian: agile Japanese flag Japanese: しなやかな
Korean flag Korean: 유연한 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: lankstus, miklus Latvian flag Latvian: lokans
Malay flag Malay: mudah meliuk lentur Dutch flag Dutch: soepel, lenig Norwegian flag Norwegian: spenstig, myk
Polish flag Polish: gibki, giętki Persian flag Persian: قابل انعطاف Pashto flag Pashto: د انعطاف وړ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: flexível Romanian flag Romanian: mlădios, suplu Russian flag Russian: гибкий
Slovak flag Slovak: pružný Slovenian flag Slovenian: gibčen Serbian flag Serbian: gibak
Swedish flag Swedish: smidig, vig, mjuk Thai flag Thai: อ่อนช้อย Turkish flag Turkish: esnek, yumuşak, kıvrak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 靈活柔軟的(尤指人體) Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: гнучкий Urdu flag Urdu: لوچ دار
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: mềm mại Chinese flag Chinese: 灵活柔软的

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