1. adj. Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.
Stuart is a gentle man; he would never hurt you.
2. adj. Soft and mild rather than hard or severe.
I felt something touch my shoulder; it was gentle and a little slimy.
3. adj. Docile and easily managed.
We had a gentle swim in the lake.
a gentle horse
4. adj. Gradual rather than steep or sudden.
The walks in this area have a gentle incline.
5. adj. Polite and respectful rather than rude.
He gave me a gentle reminder that we had to hurry up.
6. adj. (archaic) Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.
7. v. (intransitive) to become gentle
8. v. (transitive, obsolete) to ennoble
9. v. (transitive, animal husbandry) to break; to tame; to domesticate
10. v. To soothe; to calm; to make gentle.
11. s. (archaic) A person of high birth.
12. s. A trained falcon, or falcon-gentil.
candy
1. s. Golosina, dulce.
2. s. Caramelo.
candy
1. s. (chiefly North America) Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavor
2. s. (chiefly North America) A piece of confectionery of this kind.
3. s. (slang, chiefly US) crack cocaine
4. v. (cooking) To cook in, or coat with, sugar syrup.
5. v. (intransitive) To have sugar crystals form in or on.
Fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time.
6. v. (intransitive) To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.
7. s. (obsolete) A unit of mass used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally.