Smooth
[smuːð] or [smʊð]
Definition
(noun.) the act of smoothing; 'he gave his hair a quick smooth'.
(verb.) make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing; 'smooth the surface of the wood'.
(verb.) free from obstructions; 'smooth the way towards peace negotiations'.
(adj.) lacking obstructions or difficulties; 'the bill's path through the legislature was smooth and orderly' .
(adj.) having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities; 'smooth skin'; 'a smooth tabletop'; 'smooth fabric'; 'a smooth road'; 'water as smooth as a mirror' .
(adj.) of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence; 'a smooth ride' .
(adj.) of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth .
Editor: Nita--From WordNet
Definition
(superl.) Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain.
(superl.) Evenly spread or arranged; sleek; as, smooth hair.
(superl.) Gently flowing; moving equably; not ruffled or obstructed; as, a smooth stream.
(superl.) Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; voluble; even; fluent.
(superl.) Bland; mild; smoothing; fattering.
(superl.) Causing no resistance to a body sliding along its surface; frictionless.
(adv.) Smoothly.
(n.) The act of making smooth; a stroke which smooths.
(n.) That which is smooth; the smooth part of anything.
(a.) To make smooth; to make even on the surface by any means; as, to smooth a board with a plane; to smooth cloth with an iron.
(a.) To free from obstruction; to make easy.
(a.) To free from harshness; to make flowing.
(a.) To palliate; to gloze; as, to smooth over a fault.
(a.) To give a smooth or calm appearance to.
(a.) To ease; to regulate.
(v. i.) To flatter; to use blandishment.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
[1]. Even, level, plane, flat, not rough.[2]. Sleek, glossy.[3]. Unruffled, undisturbed.[4]. Easy, voluble, fluent, not harsh.[5]. Bland, mild, soothing, oily, flattering, adulatory, courtier-like, fair-spoken, smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued.
v. a. [1]. Level, flatten, make smooth.[2]. Ease, make easy.[3]. Calm, allay, assuage, mollify, mitigate, alleviate.
Edited by Blair
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Even, plain, level, flat, polished, glossy, sleek, soft, unruffled,unobstructed, bland, oily, suave
ANT:Uneven, rough, rugged, abrupt, precipitous, unpolished, harsh, blunt
SYN:Flatten, level, ease, soften, calm, allay, mitigate,[See PERFUME]
Typed by Barnaby
Definition
adj. having an even surface: not tough: evenly spread: glossy: gently flowing: easy: regular: unobstructed: bland: mild calm.—v.t. to make smooth: to palliate: to soften: to calm: to ease: (Shak.) to exonerate.—v.i. to repeat flattering words.—n. (B.) the smooth part.—adj. Smooth′-bore not rifled.—n. a gun with smooth-bored barrel.—adjs. Smooth′-browed with unwrinkled brow; Smooth′-chinned having a smooth chin: beardless; Smooth′-dit′tied sweetly sung with a flowing melody.—v.t Smooth′en to make smooth.—n. Smooth′er one who or that which smooths: in glass-cutting an abrading-wheel for polishing the aces of the grooves cut by another wheel: (obs.) a flatterer.—adj. Smooth′-faced having a smooth air mild-looking.—ns. Smooth′ing-ī′ron an instrument of iron for smoothing clothes; Smooth′ing-plane a small fine plane used for finishing.—adv. Smooth′ly.—n. Smooth′ness.—adjs. Smooth′-paced having a regular easy pace; Smooth′-shod having shoes without spikes; Smooth′-spō′ken speaking pleasantly: plausible: flattering; Smooth′-tongued having a smooth tongue: flattering.
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Examples
- The manifest advantage of an even track for the wheels long ago suggested the idea of laying down wood and other hard, smooth surfaces for carriages to run upon. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- But the wheels had hard tires, the roads and many of the streets were not smooth, the vehicle got the name of the bone-breaker and its use ceased. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- These slippery smooth walls would give him no chance. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- My friends find for me a place in a college, where I teach as at home, and earn enough to make the way smooth for Franz and Emil. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- An important branch of the textile art is cloth finishing, whereby the rough surface of the cloth as it comes from the loom is rendered soft and smooth. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Replacing her daughter on the couch, she smoothed the pillow and spread the sheet. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Mr Venus involuntarily smoothed his countenance, and looked at his hand, as if to see whether any of its speaking properties came off. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Carefully selecting one long tress, she smoothed it down with her hands, and held it out towards her lover. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- By a strange fatality Juliet alone escaped, and she to the last waited on her relatives, and smoothed the pillow of death. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The outsides of the buildings somewhat resembled the cement houses which have been put up in later days, a coat of clay being spread on the outside walls and carefully smoothed off. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The lady was very happy at the flowers, Nastasia said, smoothing her apron. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I am not at all sure that I should be befriending your son by smoothing his way to the future possession of Featherstone's property. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He snatched it from her in his eagerness, and smoothing it out upon the table he drew over the lamp and examined it intently. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- What is your great mode of smoothing and managing, Tom? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Mrs. Pryor, bending over the pale little sufferer, was now smoothing the hair under her cap, and gently raising her pillow. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Every day I learn to do things smoother and better. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Laurie had vanished round the bend, Jo was just at the turn, and Amy, far behind, striking out toward the smoother ice in the middle of the river. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The machine which exists is accepted in all its essentials: the goo-goo yearns for a somewhat smoother rotation. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He was smoother and more polite to me than the elder; but I saw this. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- A tide of quiet thought now came gently caressing my brain; softer and softer rose the flow, with tepid undulations smoother than balm. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She was _my_ rival, heart and soul, though secretly, under the smoothest bearing, and utterly unknown to all save her and myself. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Despite his tranquillity, a somewhat heavy brow speaks temper, and reminds you that the smoothest waters are not always the safest. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Typist: Loretta