smooth
IPA: smˈuð
noun
- Something that is smooth, or that goes smoothly and easily.
- 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.
verb
- (transitive) To make smooth or even.
- (transitive) To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure; to press, to flatten.
- (transitive) To make straightforward or easy.
- (transitive) To calm or palliate.
- (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.
adjective
- Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
- Without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents.
- Bland; glib.
- Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; fluent.
- 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.
- (mathematics, 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.
adverb
- Smoothly.
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Examples of "smooth" in Sentences
- The cuticle is smooth.
- The path is flat and smooth.
- Texture is smooth and pliant.
- The external surface was smooth.
- The chorion is shiny and smooth.
- The texture is smooth and sticky.
- The plot is smooth and intriguing.
- The surface is smooth and polished.
- It is smooth and sticky to the touch.
- The bodyshell was smooth and aerodynamic.
- As he scrambles to his feet, all his Latin smooth is gone.
- It must write in smooth lines of black, not catch on the page.
- When the term smooth is used in this sense, Smith said it means there is very little on the slope that will act to anchor the snow in place, like trees and rocks.
- He said his party is still committed to what he described as a smooth, full implementation of the rest of the provisions of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement CPA.
- Buy the chunky kind, don't buy the smooth, the smooth is also for soccer players, credit card consultants, and guys that masturbate to Survivor and other unwatchable reality-based television shows.
- The place where we are joined is a secret place for Hattie and me, especially since everyone always wants to look at it — a bone hinge covered in smooth skin, our spines locked together at the base.
- I remember rightly, all her prizes were won in light winds or smooth water; and though I do not believe we could do anything with her in a staggering whole-sail breeze in _smooth_ water, I fancy we could give a good account of her in a Channel match.
- Officials who provided details of how it all unfolded concentrated Friday on what they described as the smooth integration of the administration's law enforcement, intelligence and diplomatic teams in tracking the Russian agents and turning the situation into a national security victory rather than a source of political and public concern and potential criticism.
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