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simple
A	noun
	1	simpleton, simple
			a person lacking intelligence or common sense
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚simpleton, simple ╚schnook; shnook ╚schlemiel; shlemiel ╚scatterbrain; forgetful person ╚nincompoop; poop; ninny ╚nebbish; nebbech ╚idiot savant ╚idiot; imbecile; cretin; moron; changeling; half-wit; retard ╚fool; sap; saphead; muggins; tomfool ╚dunce; dunderhead; numskull; blockhead; bonehead; lunkhead; hammerhead; knucklehead; loggerhead; muttonhead; shithead; fuckhead ╚dumbbell; dummy; dope; boob; booby; pinhead ╚dingbat ╚dimwit; nitwit; half-wit; doofus ╚airhead
	2	simple
			any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚plant; flora; plant life ╚vascular plant; tracheophyte ╚herb; herbaceous plant ╚simple
B	adjective
	1	elementary, simple, uncomplicated, unproblematic
			easy and not involved or complicated; "an elementary problem in statistics"; "elementary, my dear Watson"; "a simple game"; "found an uncomplicated solution to the problem"

	2	bare(a), mere(a), simple(a)
			apart from anything else; without additions or modifications; "only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere idea"; "the simple passage of time was enough"; "the simple truth"

	3	simple
			not elaborate in style; unornamented; "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity"

	4	dim-witted, half-witted, simple, simple-minded
			lacking mental capacity and devoid of subtlety

	5	simple, unsubdivided
			(botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions

	6	simple
			having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved; "a simple problem"; "simple mechanisms"; "a simple design"; "a simple substance"

	7	childlike, wide-eyed, dewy-eyed, simple
			exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity; "childlike trust"; "dewy-eyed innocence"; "simple courtesy"

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