Sekirov Dictionary

smooth

/smuːð/

adjective 15
verb 6
noun 5
adverb 1
forms 7
phrases 8

adjective15

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(of a surface) feeling even all over when touched, so that a hand moves across it easily
- The outlines must be smooth, […]imperceptible to the touch, and even, without eminence or cavities. — 1695
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Lacking projections or indentations; not serrated.
- A leaf having a smooth margin, without teeth or indentations of any kind, is called entire. — 1994
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Not grainy; having an even texture.
- A compact and stylish design, it produces 1 generous quart of excellent, smooth ice cream in 20 to 25 minutes. — 1997
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Without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents.
- We hope for a smooth transition to the new system.
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Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; fluent.
- VValler vvas smooth; but Dryden taught to join / The varying verse, the full resounding line, / The long majetsic march, and energy divine. — 1737
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Natural; unconstrained.
- In order for a reading to be smooth and effortless, readers must be able to recognize and read words accurately, automatically, and quickly. — 2006
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Unbroken.
- Demonstrate first by the numbers and then as one smooth movement. — 1927
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Bland; glib.
- This smooth discourse and mild behavior oft / Conceal a traitor. — 1712
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Suave; sophisticated.
- He was so smooth and handsome. He knew just what to say and when to say it. — 2003
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Having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent.
- The coffee was smooth, so smooth she took another sip. — 2002
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Placid, calm.
- As we worked to the southward, we picked up fair weather, and enjoyed smooth seas and pleasant skies. — 1898
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Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain.
- Any ANALYTIC FUNCTION is smooth. But a smooth function is not necessarily analytic. — 2003
Involuntary and non-striated.
That factors completely into small prime numbers.
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Lacking marked aspiration.
- Οὐ becomes οὐκ before a smooth vowel, and οὐχ before an aspirate. — 1830

verb6

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To make smooth or even.
- She smooths her skirt, looking as composed and ladylike as possible. — 1961
To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure; to press, to flatten.
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To make straightforward or easy.
- Caracas can be a tough place but the tremendously good-natured caraqueños smoothed my passage every step of the way. — 2007
To calm or palliate.
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To capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise.
- […] the 7-month moving averages provide better smoothing of the data in this case than do the 3-month moving averages. — 1999
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To stroke; especially to stroke an animal's fur.
- Can I smooth your cat?

noun5

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Something that is smooth, or that goes smoothly and easily.
- The smooth of his neck. — 1611
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A smoothing action.
- 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. — 2006
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A domestic animal having a smooth coat.
- In the 4-toe stock there is a wide gap between the lowest rough and the smooths which come from the same parents. — 1916
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The analysis obtained through a smoothing procedure.
- A smooth of the potato data set has already been given in Figure 1.2. — 1990
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A member of an anti-hippie fashion movement in 1970s Britain.
- By the early 1970s, skinhead culture began to mutate into the variant ‘white ethnic’ styles of the suedeheads and smooths. — 1999

adverb1

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Smoothly.
- The paths true love never ran smooth(ly).

forms

smoothed · smoothing · smootheth · smooths · smoothest · smoother · smoothest

Phrases with smooth

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