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.