Simple

['sɪmp(ə)l] or ['sɪmpl]

Definition

(noun.) any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties.

(adj.) unornamented; 'a simple country schoolhouse'; 'her black dress--simple to austerity' .

(adj.) (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions .

(adj.) having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved; 'a simple problem'; 'simple mechanisms'; 'a simple design'; 'a simple substance' .

Edited by Ian--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a simple problem; simple tasks.

(a.) Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress.

(a.) Mere; not other than; being only.

(a.) Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true.

(a.) Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward.

(a.) Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language.

(a.) Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly.

(a.) Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living.

(a.) Humble; lowly; undistinguished.

(a.) Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf.

(a.) Not capable of being decomposed into anything more simple or ultimate by any means at present known; elementary; thus, atoms are regarded as simple bodies. Cf. Ultimate, a.

(a.) Homogenous.

(a.) Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound.

(a.) Something not mixed or compounded.

(a.) A medicinal plant; -- so called because each vegetable was supposed to possess its particular virtue, and therefore to constitute a simple remedy.

(a.) A drawloom.

(a.) A part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.

(a.) A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.

(v. i.) To gather simples, or medicinal plants.

Checker: Raymond

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Single, uncombined, uncompounded, unmixed, elementary, bare, mere, not complex, nothing else but, not complicated.[2]. Plain, unadorned, unstudied, unvarnished, natural, chaste, neat.[3]. Artless, undesigning, sincere, unaffected, unconstrained, NAÏVE, frank, open, downright, inartificial, straightforward, true, simple-hearted, simple-minded.[4]. Silly, foolish, weak, not wise, not sagacious.

n. Medicinal plant.

Typist: Robinson

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Single, incomplex, uncompounded, unblended, isolated, pure, unmixed, mere,absolute, plain, unadorned, unartificial, artless, sincere, undesigning,single-minded, unaffected, sickly, weak, unsophisticated, humble, homely,lowly, elementary, ultimate, primal, rudimentary

ANT:Double, complex, compounded, blended, mixed, fused, multiform, multigenerous,various, compound, articulated, subdivided, organized, connected, modified,complicated, elaborate, artificial, artful, designing, insincere,double-minded, affected, self-conscious, sagacious, sophisticated, great,eminent, illustrious, complete, developed, perfect

Inputed by Glenda

Definition

adj. single: undivided: resisting decomposition: elementary undeveloped: plain single entire: homogeneous: open: unaffected: undesigning: true: clear: straightforward: artless: guileless: unsuspecting: credulous: not cunning: weak in intellect: silly: of mean birth—opposed to Gentle.—n. something not mixed or compounded: a medicinal herb: a simple feast—opposed to a double or semidouble.—v.i. to gather simples or medicinal plants.—adjs. Sim′ple-heart′ed having a simple heart: guileless; Sim′ple-mind′ed having a simple mind: unsuspecting: undesigning.—ns. Sim′ple-mind′edness the state or quality of being simple-minded: artlessness; Sim′pleness the state or quality of being simple: artlessness: simplicity: folly; Sim′pler a gatherer of simples; Sim′pless (Spens.) simplicity; Sim′pleton a weak or foolish person.—adv. Simplic′iter simply not relatively.—ns. Simplic′ity the state or quality of being simple: singleness: want of complication: openness: clearness: freedom from excessive adornment: plainness: sincerity: artlessness: credulity silliness folly; Simplificā′tion the act of making simple.—adj. Sim′plificātive.—n. Sim′plificātor one who simplifies.—v.t. Sim′plify to make simple: to render less difficult: to make plain:—pa.t. and pa.p. sim′plified.—ns. Sim′plism affected simplicity; Sim′plist one skilled in simples.—adj. Simplis′tic.—adv. Sim′ply in a simple manner: artlessly: foolishly: weakly: plainly: considered by itself: alone: merely: solely.

Editor: Rena

Examples

Typist: Richard

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