smooth
nouns
the act of smoothing
"he gave his hair a quick smooth"
verbs
make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing
"smooth the surface of the wood"
make (a surface) shine
"shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes"
adjectives
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"
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(of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds
"a fast road"; "grass courts are faster than clay"
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resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness
"the glassy surface of the lake"; "the pavement was...glassy with water"- Willa Cather
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smooth, especially of skin
"his cheeks were unlined"; "his unseamed face"
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designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow
"a streamlined convertible"
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smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste
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being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with)
"an even application of varnish"; "an even floor"; "the road was not very even"; "the picture is even with the window"
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of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles
"wood with a fine grain"; "fine powdery snow"; "fine rain"; "batiste is a cotton fabric with a fine weave"; "covered with a fine film of dust"
smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
"he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error"
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of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth
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(botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions
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composed of more than one part
"compound leaves are composed of several lobes; "compound flower heads"
smooth and unconstrained in movement
"a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina"
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(music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected
"a legato passage"
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of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence
"a smooth ride"
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lacking obstructions or difficulties
"the bill's path through the legislature was smooth and orderly"
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posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
"an easy job"; "an easy problem"; "an easy victory"; "the house is easy to heat"; "satisfied with easy answers"; "took the easy way out of his dilemma"
(of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
"a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay"; "the quiet waters of a lagoon"; "a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky"; "a smooth channel crossing"; "scarcely a ripple on the still water"; "unruffled water"
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