Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Boiled in the shell to a soft consistency. Used of an egg.
- adjective Softhearted; lenient.
- adjective Sentimental.
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- adjective of a boiled egg
cooked to asoft consistency with theyolk stillrunny - adjective
softhearted orsentimental
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective easily moved to pity or sorrow
- adjective (eggs) having the yolk still liquid
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Examples
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For instance, one of the more challenging questions on my final exam was to name "soft-boiled egg" in several languages I came up with three and passed.
René Redzepi: 'What we eat matters. There's no conflict between a better meal and a better world' 2011
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In this bowl will be a pile of ramen noodles, slow-cooked and richly seasoned teriyaki chicken, broccolini and a soft-boiled egg.
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Even £7.50 for a plate of very good smoked salmon, scattered with rounds of sweet, crunchy pickled cucumber and halved soft-boiled quail eggs, doesn't seem extortionate.
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This symposium, this format of collaboration, is one way of setting a new educational standard among ourselves, one that goes beyond simply naming soft-boiled eggs.
René Redzepi: 'What we eat matters. There's no conflict between a better meal and a better world' 2011
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Chorizo and barbacoa (goat) tacos were doled out, and another with rice and soft-boiled eggs for the self-proclaimed pescatarian in the group (that would be one of the Aussies, Ms. Maynard).
After Dark, New Worlds Sumathi Reddy 2011
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The soup was also lukewarm and the soft-boiled egg was cold in the middle.
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It's just that I'm wondering if she is planning to stop by to feed the dogs and cats twice a day for the dogs release the hounds three or four times a day, and make me a soft-boiled egg and toast occasionally.
Bed Rest MaryAnne Kolton 2012
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His salad, comprised of a pickled carrot and onion salad, preserved fish and a soft-boiled egg, is based on an appetizer he recently served at Sitka & Spruce.
White Anchovies With Pickled Spring Carrots and a Six-Minute Egg 2011
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I'm a terribly irresponsible eater —I love soft-boiled eggs and chocolate.
Danielle Steel 2011
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The playwright Alan Bennett, in his diaries, once shrewdly identified the basic requirements for being declared a national treasure: reaching the age of 90 and being able to eat a soft-boiled egg.
Treasuring Britain's Comedic Endurance Sam Leith 2011
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