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.