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| 1. | [ adjective ] having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities | |
| Examples: | "smooth skin" "a smooth tabletop" "smooth fabric" "a smooth road" "water as smooth as a mirror" |
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| Related terms: | rough velvet glossy glassy seamless hairless marmoreal creaseless waxlike fast slippery even fine ironed | |
| 2. | [ verb ] make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing | |
| Synonyms: | smoothen | |
| Examples: | "smooth the surface of the wood" |
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| Related terms: | roughen change_surface file sandpaper rake plane float launch strip sandblast gloss_over rub | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication | |
| Synonyms: | suave politic | |
| Examples: | "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage" "the hostess averted a confrontation between two guests with a diplomatic change of subject" |
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| Related terms: | diplomatic | |
| 4. | [ verb ] (of surfaces) make shine | |
| Synonyms: | polish shine smoothen | |
| Examples: | "shine the silver, please" "polish my shoes" |
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| Related terms: | beautify buff Simonize slick gloss polish shining buffer rub | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] not marked with wrinkles | |
| Synonyms: | unwrinkled | |
| Examples: | "unwrinkled cheeks" |
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| Related terms: | unfurrowed | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] (botany) of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth | |
| Related terms: | rough botany entire repand sinuate unnotched undulate compound simple | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] smooth and unconstrained in movement | |
| Synonyms: | flowing liquid fluid fluent | |
| Examples: | "a long, smooth stride" "the fluid motion of a cat" "the liquid grace of a ballerina" "liquid prose" |
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| Related terms: | graceful | |
| 8. | [ adjective ] without chinks or crannies | |
| Synonyms: | uncrannied | |
| Related terms: | crannied | |
| 9. | [ verb ] free from obstructions | |
| Synonyms: | smooth_out | |
| Examples: | "smooth the way towards peace negotiations" |
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| Related terms: | rid | |
| 10. | [ adjective ] (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected | |
| Synonyms: | legato | |
| Examples: | "a legato passage" |
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| Related terms: | staccato music | |
| 11. | [ adjective ] lacking obstructions or difficulties | |
| Examples: | "the bill's path through the legislature was smooth and orderly" |
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| Related terms: | easy | |
| 12. | [ noun ] the act of smoothing | |
| Examples: | "he gave is hair a quick smooth" |
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| Related terms: | accomplishment | |
| Similar spelling: |
smoothy Smoot smoothie Smyth Smith Smythe smithy Smithey smut Smit Smidt Smtih |
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