Third-person singular simple present indicative form of simple

(UK, slang, humorous) Indicating that something is easy to do or to understand.

plural of simple

simple past tense and past participle of simple

present participle of simple

An expedition to gather plants; a herborizing.

(pharmacology) A herbal preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant. / (obsolete, by extension) A physician. / (logic) A simple or atomic proposition.

(transitive, intransitive, archaic) To gather simples, i.e. medicinal herbs.

Uncomplicated; taken by itself, with nothing added. / Without ornamentation; plain. / Free from duplicity; guileless, innocent, straightforward. / Undistinguished in social condition; of no special rank.

the property of being simple