smooth
Part of speech: adj
adv
noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: classical-studies
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Etymology: Etymology tree
Old English smōþ
Middle English smothe
Proto-West Germanic *smanþī
Old English smēþe
Middle English smethe
English smooth
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).
Inflected forms:
form: smoother
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: smoothest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: smeeth
pos: adj
tags: alternative
dialectal
form: smoothe
pos: adj
tags: alternative
archaic
verb
form: smoother
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: smoothest
pos: adv
tags: superlative
form: smeeth
pos: adv
tags: alternative
dialectal
form: smoothe
pos: adv
tags: alternative
archaic
verb
form: smooths
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: smeeth
pos: noun
tags: alternative
dialectal
form: smoothe
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
verb
form: smooths
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: smoothing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: smoothed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: smoothed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: smeeth
pos: verb
tags: alternative
dialectal
form: smoothe
pos: verb
tags: alternative
archaic
verb
Senses:
gloss: Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
pos: adj
examples: The outlines must be smooth, […]imperceptible to the touch, and even, without eminence or cavities.
“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,[…].
Smooth and slender and naked, Mary Rittersdorf faced her husband.
Teaching that’s done by talking seems to have one rough path and another part which is smoother.
gloss: Without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents.
pos: adj
examples: We hope for a smooth transition to the new system.
England's path to Poland and Ukraine next summer looked to be a smooth one as goals from Ashley Young and Darren Bent gave them a comfortable lead after 31 minutes.
The path to approval has been bumpiest in Washington, where Democrats in Congress have raised concerns over Mexico’s enforcement of labor rights and environmental law — and smoothest in Mexico, where the president has described the accord as a guarantee of stability for his country’s economy.
gloss: Bland; glib.
pos: adj
examples: This smooth discourse and mild behavior oft / Conceal a traitor.
This feeling, grounded on the experience of centuries of oppression, was not to be allayed by smooth explanations on the part of the advocates of the Constitution.
gloss: Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; fluent.
pos: adj
examples: the only smooth poet of those times
VValler vvas ſmooth; but Dryden taught to join / The varying verſe, the full reſounding line, / The long majetſic march, and energy divine.
VVhen bright Minerva roſe, / From her ſvveet Lips ſmooth Elocution flovvs, […]
gloss: Suave; sophisticated.
pos: adj
examples: He was so smooth and handsome. He knew just what to say and when to say it.
gloss: Natural; unconstrained.
pos: adj
examples: In order for a reading to be smooth and effortless, readers must be able to recognize and read words accurately, automatically, and quickly.
gloss: Unbroken.
pos: adj
examples: Demonstrate first by the numbers and then as one smooth movement.
gloss: Placid, calm.
pos: adj
examples: As we worked to the southward, we picked up fair weather, and enjoyed smooth seas and pleasant skies.
gloss: Lacking projections or indentations; not serrated.
pos: adj
examples: A leaf having a smooth margin, without teeth or indentations of any kind, is called entire.
Out of the handles flipped the smooth blade and the serrated blade, which was dangerously sharp, the flathead screwdrivers, the Phillips screwdriver, the can opener, the awl.
gloss: Not grainy; having an even texture.
pos: adj
examples: A compact and stylish design, it produces 1 generous quart of excellent, smooth ice cream in 20 to 25 minutes.
gloss: Having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent.
pos: adj
examples: The coffee was smooth, so smooth she took another sip.
gloss: Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain.
pos: adj
examples: Any ANALYTIC FUNCTION is smooth. But a smooth function is not necessarily analytic.
gloss: That factors completely into small prime numbers.
pos: adj
gloss: Lacking marked aspiration.
pos: adj
examples: Οὐ becomes οὐκ before a smooth vowel, and οὐχ before an aspirate.
gloss: Involuntary and non-striated.
pos: adj
gloss: Smoothly.
pos: adv
examples: smooth-running, smooth-tongued, smooth-spoken
The paths true love never ran smooth(ly).
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.
gloss: Something that is smooth, or that goes smoothly and easily.
pos: noun
examples: The smooth of his neck.
I think you and I will take the ups and the downs , the roughs and the smooths of this daily existence and conversation
Things are often equalized by roughs and smooths being set against one another.
gloss: A smoothing action.
pos: noun
examples: She brushes down her hair with a little bit of spit and a smooth of her hand and opens the bright green door, walking a few metres, squinting.
gloss: A domestic animal having a smooth coat.
pos: noun
examples: In the 4-toe stock there is a wide gap between the lowest rough and the smooths which come from the same parents.
gloss: A member of an anti-hippie fashion movement in 1970s Britain.
pos: noun
examples: By the early 1970s, skinhead culture began to mutate into the variant ‘white ethnic’ styles of the suedeheads and smooths.
gloss: The analysis obtained through a smoothing procedure.
pos: noun
examples: A smooth of the potato data set has already been given in Figure 1.2.
gloss: To make smooth or even.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: She smooths her skirt, looking as composed and ladylike as possible.
gloss: To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure; to press, to flatten.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to smooth cloth with a smoothing iron
gloss: To make straightforward or easy.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Caracas can be a tough place but the tremendously good-natured caraqueños smoothed my passage every step of the way.
gloss: To calm or palliate.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to smooth a person's temper
gloss: To capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise.
pos: verb
examples: […] the 7-month moving averages provide better smoothing of the data in this case than do the 3-month moving averages.
gloss: To stroke; especially to stroke an animal's fur.
pos: verb
tags: West-Country
examples: Can I smooth your cat?
Synonyms: downy
flat
frictionless
lanate
level
silken
silklike
silky
sleek
slight
smooth
velutinous
velvety
Antonyms: rough
uneven
bumpy
coarse
textured
Related words: smooth as a baby's bottom
smooth as glass
smooth as silk
Derived words: a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor
besmooth
buttery smooth
nanosmooth
nonsmooth
nonsmoothness
outsmooth
oversmooth
piecewise smooth
presmooth
resmooth
semismooth
silky smooth
smoothable
smooth alder
smooth as a baby's bottom
smooth as a baby's bum
smooth as butter
smooth as eggs
smooth as oil
smooth as silk
smooth azalea
smoothbark
smooth bedstraw
smoothbelly
smoothbore
smoothbored
smooth brain
smooth-brained
smooth breathing
smooth brome
smooth call
smooth clam
smooth collie
smooth cordgrass
smooth-faced
smooth fox terrier
smooth function
smooth green snake
smooth-haired
smooth handfish
smoothhead
smooth hound
smooth hydrangea
smoothie
smoothifier
smoothify
smoothish
smooth jazz
smooth leatherjacket
smooth loofah
smoothly
smooth manifold
smooth mudalia
smooth muscle
smoothness
smooth newt
smooth number
smooth operator
smooth rocksnail
smooth-running
smooth sailing
smooth shark
smoothskin
smooth snake
smooth sole
smoothsort
smooth-spoken
smoothstep
smooth talk
smooth talker
smooth talking
smoothtongue
smooth-tongued
smoothwire
smoothy
supersmooth
take the rough with the smooth
the course of true love never did run smooth
ultrasmooth
unsmooth
smoothen
smooth away
smooth down
smooth endoplasmic reticulum
smoother
smoothing circuit
smoothing consumption
smoothing press
smooth out
smooth over
smooth someone's feathers
smooth up
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