| ADJECTIVE | all | smooth | having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities |
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| all | smooth, politic, suave, bland | smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication | |
| all | smooth | of the margin of a leaf shape | |
| all | smooth, fluent, fluid, liquid | smooth and unconstrained in movement | |
| all | smooth, legato | (music) without breaks between notes | |
| all | smooth | of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence | |
| all | smooth | lacking obstructions or difficulties | |
| all | smooth, placid, quiet, still, tranquil, unruffled | (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves | |
| VERB | contact | smooth, smoothen | make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing |
| contact | smooth, polish, smoothen, shine | make (a surface) shine | |
| possession | smooth, smooth out | free from obstructions | |
| NOUN | act | smooth | the act of smoothing |
| Sounds | smuw'dh | |
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| Rhymes | soothe | |
| Meaning | Having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities. | |
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| Examples |
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| Narrower | creaseless, uncreased | Used especially of fabrics |
| even-textured | Having an even texture | |
| fast | (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds | |
| fine-textured, smooth-textured | Having a smooth, fine-grained structure | |
| glassy | resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness | |
| seamless, unlined, unseamed | Smooth, especially of skin | |
| streamlined, aerodynamic, flowing, sleek | Designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow | |
| velvet, velvety, velvet-textured | smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste | |
| See also | even | Level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture |
| fine | Of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles | |
| finished | (of materials or goods) brought to the desired final / final state | |
| ironed | (of linens or clothes) smoothed with a hot iron | |
| slippery, slippy | Causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide | |
| Opposite | rough, unsmooth | Having or caused by an irregular surface |
| Spanish | liso, llano, suave | |
| Catalan | llis, suau | |
| Nouns | smoothness | a texture without roughness |
| Meaning | smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication. | |
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| Example | "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error" | |
| Synonyms | politic, suave, bland | |
| Broader | diplomatic, diplomatical | Using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people |
| Nouns | smoothness | the quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner |
| Adverbs | smoothly | in a smooth and diplomatic manner |
| Meaning | Of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth. | |
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| Category | botany, phytology | The branch of biology that studies plants |
| Narrower | entire | (of leaves or petals) having a smooth edge |
| repand | Having a slightly undulating margin | |
| sinuate | Having a strongly waved margin alternately concave and convex | |
| undulate | Having a wavy margin and rippled surface | |
| unnotched, untoothed | Having no notches | |
| See also | compound | Composed of more than one part |
| simple, unsubdivided | (botany) of leaf shapes | |
| Opposite | rough | Of the margin of a leaf shape |
| Spanish | liso | |
| Nouns | smoothness | the quality of having a level and even surface |
| Meaning | Smooth and unconstrained in movement. | |
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| Example | "a long, smooth stride" | |
| Synonyms | fluent, fluid, liquid | |
| Broader | graceful | Characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution |
| Spanish | fluido, ligero | |
| Catalan | fluent, fluid, lleuger | |
| Nouns | smoothness | the quality of being free from errors or interruptions / interruptions |
| Meaning | (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected. | |
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| Synonym | legato | |
| Category | music | An artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner |
| Opposite | staccato, disconnected | (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds |
| Spanish | fluido, legato | |
| Nouns | smoothness | the quality of being free from errors or interruptions / interruptions |
| Meaning | Of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence. | |
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| Example | "a smooth ride" | |
| Opposite | rough, rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpy | Causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements |
| Nouns | smoothness | the quality of being free from errors or interruptions / interruptions |
| Meaning | lacking obstructions or difficulties. | |
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| Example | "the bill's path through the legislature was smooth and orderly" | |
| Broader | easy | posing no difficulty |
| Spanish | llano | |
| Nouns | smoothness | the quality of being free from errors or interruptions / interruptions |
| Adverbs | smoothly | with no problems or difficulties |
| Meaning | (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves. | |
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| Example | "a smooth channel crossing" | |
| Synonyms | placid, quiet, still, tranquil, unruffled | |
| Broader | calm | (of weather) free from storm or wind |
| Spanish | apacible, calmado, calmo, plácido, quieto, sereno, sosegado, tranquilo | |
| Catalan | assossegat, calmat, plàcid, quiet, serè, tranquil | |
| Nouns | smoothness | the quality of having a level and even surface |
| Meaning | The act of smoothing. | |
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| Example | "he gave his hair a quick smooth" | |
| Broader | accomplishment, achievement | The action of accomplishing something |
| Verbs | smooth | make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing |
| Meaning | make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "smooth the surface of the wood" | |
| Synonym | smoothen | |
| Entails | rub | Move over something with pressure |
| Entailed by | strickle, strike | Smooth with a strickle |
| Narrower | file | Smooth with a file |
| float | make the surface of level or smooth | |
| launch | smoothen the surface of | |
| plane | make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane | |
| rake | Level or smooth with a rake | |
| sandblast | grind with a sandblast | |
| sandpaper, sand | rub with sandpaper | |
| strip | Remove the thread (of screws) | |
| Broader | change surface | Undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface |
| See also | smooth over | treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly |
| Opposite | roughen | make rough or rougher |
| Spanish | alisar, suavizar | |
| Catalan | assuaujar, assuavir, polir, suavitzar | |
| Nouns | smooth | the act of smoothing |
| smoother | a power tool used for sanding wood | |
| Meaning | make (a surface) shine. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | They smooth the glass tubes | |
| Synonyms | polish, smoothen, shine | |
| Entails | rub | Move over something with pressure |
| Narrower | Simonize, Simonise | polish with wax |
| buff, burnish, furbish | polish and make shiny | |
| gloss | Give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing | |
| slick, sleek | make slick or smooth | |
| Broader | fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify | make more beautiful |
| Spanish | abrillantar, acicalar, bruñir, cepillar, lustrar, pulir | |
| Catalan | brunyir, enllustrar, llustrar, lustrar, polir, raspallar | |
| Meaning | Free from obstructions. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "smooth the way towards peace negotiations" | |
| Synonym | smooth out | |
| Broader | rid, free, disembarrass | relieve from |
| Spanish | alisar, allanar, arreglar | |
| Catalan | allisar, aplanar, reparar | |
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