Pronunciation
- IPA: /smuːð/
smooth (comparative smoother, superlative smoothest)
- Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
- The outlines must be smooth, imperceptible to the touch, and even, without eminence or cavities.
- 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326 ↗:
- “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, […].
- Without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents.
- We hope for a smooth transition to the new system.
- Bland; glib.
- 1713, Joseph Addison, Cato, published 1712, [Act 2, scene 1]:
- This smooth discourse and mild behavior oft / Conceal a traitor.
- Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; fluent.
- 1670, John Milton, The History of Britain
- the only smooth poet of those times}}
- 1733-1738, Alexander Pope, Imitations of Horace:
- Waller was smooth; but Dryden taught to join / The varying verse, the full-resounding line.
- When sage Minerva rose, / From her sweet lips smooth elocution flows.
- 1670, John Milton, The History of Britain
- (of a person) Suave; sophisticated.
- (of an action) Natural; unconstrained.
- (of a motion) Unbroken.
- (chiefly, of water) Placid, calm.
- (of an edge) Lacking projections or indentations; not serrated.
- (of food or drink) Not grainy; having an even texture.
- (of a beverage) Having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent.
- (mathematics, of a function) Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain.
- (math, of a number) That factors completely into small prime numbers.
- (linguistics, classical studies, of a vowel) Lacking marked aspiration.
- (of muscles, medicine) Involuntary and non-striated.
- French: lisse
- German: glatt
- Italian: liscio, mellifluo
- Portuguese: liso, macio, suave
- Russian: гла́дкий
- Spanish: liso
- French: doux, facile
- German: reibungslos, problemlos
- Italian: facile, dolce, soffice
- Portuguese: suave
- Russian: гла́дкий
- French: sophistiqué
- Spanish: sofisticado, sofisticada
- French: douce
smooth (comparative smoother, superlative smoothest)
- Smoothly.
- 1591, William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act III, scene ii]:
- Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.
smooth (plural smooths)
- Something that is smooth#Adjective|smooth, or that goes smoothly and easily.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Genesis 27:16 ↗:
- The smooth of his neck.
- A smoothing action.
- A domestic animal having a smooth coat.
- A member of an anti-hippie fashion movement in 1970s Britain.
- (statistics) The analysis obtained through a smoothing procedure.
smooth (smooths, present participle smoothing; past and past participle smoothed)
- (transitive) To make smooth or even.
- (transitive) To make straightforward or easy.
- 2007, Beth Kohn, Lonely Planet Venezuela (page 379)
- Caracas can be a tough place but the tremendously good-natured caraqueños smoothed my passage every step of the way.
- 2007, Beth Kohn, Lonely Planet Venezuela (page 379)
- (transitive) To calm or palliate.
- to smooth a person's temper
- (statistics, image processing, digital audio) To capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise.
- (West Country) To stroke; especially to stroke an animal's fur.
- Can I smooth your cat?
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