Толковый словарь английского языка - gentle

I. adjective (~r; ~st) see: kin Date: 13th century 1. belonging to a family of high social station, chivalrous, honorable, distinguished, kind, amiable, suited to a person of high social station, 2. tractable, docile, free from harshness, sternness, or violence, soft, delicate, moderate, gently adverb II. noun Date: 14th century a person of ~ birth or status, III. verb (~d; gentling) Date: 14th century transitive verb to raise from the commonalty ; ennoble, 2. to make ~r, to make (an animal) tame and docile, mollify, placate, to stroke soothingly ; pet, intransitive verb to become ~