Associations to the word «Lithe»

Wiktionary

LITHE, verb. (intransitive) (obsolete) To go.
LITHE, adjective. (obsolete) Mild; calm.
LITHE, adjective. Slim but not skinny
LITHE, adjective. Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber
LITHE, verb. (intransitive) (obsolete) To become calm.
LITHE, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To make soft or mild; soften; alleviate; mitigate; lessen; smooth; palliate.
LITHE, verb. (intransitive) (obsolete) To give ear; attend; listen.
LITHE, verb. (transitive) To listen to.
LITHE, noun. (Scotland) Shelter.

Dictionary definition

LITHE, adjective. Moving and bending with ease.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope