Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
a. 1 (context of a boiled egg English) cooked to a soft consistency with the yolk still runny 2 softhearted or sentimental alt. 1 (context of a boiled egg English) cooked to a soft consistency with the yolk still runny 2 softhearted or sentimental
WordNet
adj. easily moved to pity or sorrow; "a softhearted judge" [syn: softhearted] [ant: hardhearted]
used of eggs; having the yolk still liquid; "soft-boiled eggs"
Usage examples of "soft-boiled".
It sounded comically like Vera complaining that she was the electronic zzz, the programming relay, the minuterie for orgasms and soft-boiled eggs: after five minutes exactly your record will stop playing.
I laid out the timetable beside my soft-boiled egg and found a suitable train.
Her insides had been scooped out of her as though she were a soft-boiled egg, and only her brittle outer shell remained.
He comes back, eats a soft-boiled egg from a bone china egg cup, turns green, leans back in his chair, and closes his eyes for about ten minutes.
Actually, Bruno King had some trouble with his digestion, as a result of which he subsisted on a diet of malted milk, oysters, soft-boiled eggs, honey and vitamins.