simple

1. 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. Source: opted

2. a. Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress. Source: opted

3. a. Mere; not other than; being only. Source: opted

4. a. Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true. Source: opted

5. a. Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward. Source: opted

6. a. Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language. Source: opted

7. a. Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly. Source: opted

8. a. Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living. Source: opted

9. a. Humble; lowly; undistinguished. Source: opted

10. a. Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf. Source: opted

11. 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. Source: opted

12. a. Homogenous. Source: opted

13. a. Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound. Source: opted

14. a. Something not mixed or compounded. Source: opted

15. a. A medicinal plant; -- so called because each vegetable was supposed to possess its particular virtue, and therefore to constitute a simple remedy. Source: opted

16. a. A drawloom. Source: opted

17. a. A part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom. Source: opted

18. a. A feast which is not a double or a semidouble. Source: opted

19. v. i. To gather simples, or medicinal plants. Source: opted

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