smooth

Meaning

Adj

1. Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
2. Without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents.
3. Bland; glib.
4. Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; fluent.
5. Suave; sophisticated.
6. Natural; unconstrained.
7. Unbroken.
8. Placid, calm.
9. Lacking projections or indentations; not serrated.
10. Not grainy; having an even texture.
11. Having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent.
12. Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain.
13. That factors completely into small prime numbers.
14. Lacking marked aspiration.
15. Involuntary and non-striated.

Adv

Smoothly.

Noun

1. Something that is smooth, or that goes smoothly and easily.
2. A smoothing action.
3. A domestic animal having a smooth coat.
4. A member of an anti-hippie fashion movement in 1970s Britain.
5. The analysis obtained through a smoothing procedure.

Verb

1. (transitive) To make smooth or even.
2. (transitive) To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure; to press, to flatten.
3. (transitive) To make straightforward or easy.
4. (transitive) To calm or palliate.
5. To capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise.
6. (West-Country) To stroke; especially to stroke an animal's fur.

Synonyms

even

level

flat

slippery

soft

sleek

polish

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plane

slick

glossy

tender

fluent

polished

plain

silky

smoothen

flatten

gentle

mild

easy

delicate

smooth out

straight

scrape

calm

glib

fine

flowing

quiet

shiny

suave

tranquil

soften

graceful

fluid

shine

bland

liquid

polite

steady

stable

still

mellow

bald

placid

greasy

grind

smoothness

clear

trim

Translations

lisse

glatt

liso

glad

suave

liscio

liso

glätten

lisser

plat

lisciare

effen

suave

spianare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/smuːð/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: smothe

Inherited from Old English: smēþe

Cognate with Scots: smuith

Cognate with Low German: smood

Cognate with Dutch: smeuïg

In summary

From Middle English smothe, smethe, from Old English smēþe, smōþ, both from Proto-West Germanic *smanþī, of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots smuith (“smooth”), Saterland Frisian smoud (“smooth”), Low German smood and smödig (“smooth, malleable, ductile”), Dutch smeuïg (“smooth”) (from earlier smeudig).

Sentences

Crystals are of frequent occurrence and they usually have very bright and smooth faces .

Dorsal scales on the tail smooth or weakly pluricarinate.

The head scales are small , subequal and feebly imbricate , smooth or weakly keeled .