<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>kindly; amiable: a gentle manner</li><li>not severe, rough, or violent; mild: a gentle wind; a gentle tap on the shoulder</li><li>moderate: gentle heat</li><li>gradual: a gentle slope</li><li>of good birth or family; wellborn</li><li>characteristic of good birth; honorable; respectable: a gentle upbringing</li><li>easily handled or managed; tractable: a gentle animal</li><li>soft or low: a gentle sound</li><li>polite; refined: Consider, gentle reader, my terrible predicament at this juncture</li><li>entitled to a coat of arms; armigerous</li><li>noble; chivalrous: a gentle knight</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to tame; render tractable</li><li>to mollify; calm; pacify</li><li>to make gentle</li><li>to stroke; soothe by petting</li><li>to ennoble; dignify</li></ul>