GENTLE


Meaning of GENTLE in English

adj.

VERBS

▪ appear , be , look , seem

▪ become

ADVERB

▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.

▪ almost

▪ surprisingly

▪ deceptively

His mouth looked deceptively ~.

PREPOSITION

▪ on

The new treatments are ~ on your hair.

▪ with

She was very ~ with the children.

Gentle is used with these nouns: ↑ bend , ↑ breeze , ↑ caress , ↑ character , ↑ curve , ↑ decline , ↑ descent , ↑ disposition , ↑ dive , ↑ embrace , ↑ encouragement , ↑ exercise , ↑ finger , ↑ gradient , ↑ grip , ↑ guidance , ↑ hand , ↑ handling , ↑ heat , ↑ hill , ↑ hint , ↑ hum , ↑ humour , ↑ irony , ↑ kiss , ↑ knock , ↑ light , ↑ massage , ↑ melody , ↑ motion , ↑ movement , ↑ nudge , ↑ pace , ↑ person , ↑ persuasion , ↑ pressure , ↑ pull , ↑ push , ↑ rain , ↑ rebuke , ↑ reminder , ↑ reprimand , ↑ rustle , ↑ sex , ↑ shake , ↑ shampoo , ↑ shove , ↑ slap , ↑ slope , ↑ smile , ↑ soap , ↑ soul , ↑ squeeze , ↑ stretch , ↑ stroll , ↑ swell , ↑ tap , ↑ tinkle , ↑ tone , ↑ touch , ↑ trot , ↑ tug , ↑ voice , ↑ walk , ↑ warmth , ↑ wave , ↑ whisper , ↑ wit

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .