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Smooth

adjective

(compar. smoother; superl. smoothest)

1.

Having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities. "A smooth tabletop" , "Smooth fabric" , "A smooth road" , "Water as smooth as a mirror"

2.

Smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication. Synonyms: bland, politic, suave. "The manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error"

3.

Of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth.

4.

Smooth and unconstrained in movement. Synonyms: fluent, fluid, liquid. "The fluid motion of a cat" , "The liquid grace of a ballerina"

5.

(music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected. Synonym: legato.

6.

Of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence.

7.

Lacking obstructions or difficulties.

8.

(of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves. Synonyms: placid, quiet, still, tranquil, unruffled. "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"

verb

(past & past part. smoothed; pres. part. smoothing)

1.

Make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing. Synonym: smoothen.

2.

Make (a surface) shine. Synonyms: polish, shine, smoothen. "Polish my shoes"

3.

Free from obstructions. Synonym: smooth out.

noun

1.

The act of smoothing.

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"Smooth" Quotes from Famous Books

... down to the water's edge, and peeped over into the smooth glassy stream; and as she did so she saw a cat's face looking up at her. She stretched out her paw to give it a pat, and the other cat did the same. Then she drew away, and raised her back as high as she could. So did the other cat, ...

— Little Folks (July 1884) - A Magazine for the Young • Various

... each of the onlookers felt a thrill of unexpected emotion. It was like looking on at the turning point in a life, and the girl was so beautiful in her fresh young bloom that it was impossible to behold her unmoved. The coiled-up hair showed the graceful poise of her head, the shoulders were smooth and white as satin, the blue eyes had lost their hard self-confidence, and shone sweet and true. Yes! Rhoda was going to be a beautiful woman; she was one already, as her father realised, with a natural pang of regret mingling with his pride. ...

— Tom and Some Other Girls - A Public School Story • Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

... the plants may have plenty of moisture to fill the pods, then let them dry and die. Gather the dry plants before the pods open much, and let them dry on a clean, smooth piece of ground or on the barn floor. When they are well dried, thresh with a flail, rake off the straw, sweep up the beans and clean by winnowing in the wind or with a ...

— One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered • E.J. Wickson

... Jackanapes promised to guard against. He was to keep his clothes and his hands clean, to look over his catechism, not to put sticky things in his pockets, to keep that hair of his smooth ("It's the wind that blows it, aunty," said Jackanapes—"I'll send by the coach for some bear's-grease," said Miss Jessamine, tying a knot in her pocket-handkerchief), not to burst in at the parlor door, not ...

— Children's Literature - A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes • Charles Madison Curry

... this a delightful situation and in every respect convenient. The ship was perfectly sheltered by the reefs in smooth water and close to a fine beach without the least surf. A small river with very good water runs into the sea about the middle of the harbour. I gave directions for the plants to be landed and the same party to be with ...

— A Voyage to the South Sea • William Bligh

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