Definition of simple
- 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.