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smooth
noun
1 smooth
verb
1 smooth
Make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing:
— Smooth the surface of the wood.
synonym: smoothen.
Roget 16:
be uniform
etc.
adj.;
accord with
etc.
23;
run through.
become uniform
etc.
adj.;
conform to
etc.
82.
render uniform,
homogenize
etc.
adj.;
assimilate,
level,
smooth,
dress.
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Roget 705:
be easy
etc.
adj.;
go on smoothly,
run smoothly;
have full play
etc.
n.;
go on all fours,
run on all fours;
obey the helm,
work well.
flow with the stream,
swim with the stream,
drift with the stream,
go with the stream,
flow with the tide,
drift with the tide;
see one's way;
have all one's own way,
have the game in one's own hands;
walk over the course,
win at a canter;
make light of,
make nothing of,
make no bones of.
be at home in,
make it look easy,
do it with one's eyes closed,
do it in one's sleep
etc.
(skillful)
698.
render easy
etc.
adj.;
facilitate,
smooth,
ease;
popularize;
lighten,
lighten the labor;
free,
clear;
disencumber,
disembarrass,
disentangle,
disengage;
deobstruct†,
unclog,
extricate,
unravel;
untie the knot,
cut the knot;
disburden,
unload,
exonerate,
emancipate,
free from,
deoppilate†;
humor
etc.
(aid)
707;
lubricate
etc.
332;
relieve
etc.
834.
leave a hole to creep out of,
leave a loophole,
leave the matter open;
give the reins to,
give full play,
give full swing;
make way for;
open the door to,
open the way,
prepare the ground,
smooth the ground,
clear the ground,
open the way,
open the path,
open the road;
pave the way,
bridge over;
permit
etc.
760.
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Roget 174:
be moderate
etc.
adj.;
keep within bounds,
keep within compass;
sober down,
settle down;
keep the peace,
remit,
relent,
take in sail.
moderate,
soften,
mitigate,
temper,
accoy†;
attemper†,
contemper†;
mollify,
lenify†,
dulcify†,
dull,
take off the edge,
blunt,
obtund†,
sheathe,
subdue,
chasten;
sober down,
tone down,
smooth down;
weaken
etc.
160;
lessen
etc.
(decrease)
36;
check palliate.
tranquilize,
pacify,
assuage,
appease,
swag,
lull,
soothe,
compose,
still,
calm,
calm down,
cool,
quiet,
hush,
quell,
sober,
pacify,
tame,
damp,
lay,
allay,
rebate,
slacken,
smooth,
alleviate,
rock to sleep,
deaden,
smooth,
throw cold water on,
throw a wet blanket over,
turn off;
slake;
curb
etc.
(restrain)
751;
tame
etc.
(subjugate)
749;
smooth over;
pour oil on the waves,
pour oil on the troubled waters;
pour balm into,
mattre de l'eau dans son vin [Fr.].
go out like a lamb,
roar you as gently as any sucking dove"
[Midsummer-Night's Dream].
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Dutch: glad, gladden, gladmaken
2 smooth
Make (a surface) shine.
synonyms: polish, shine, smoothen.
Roget 255:
smooth,
smoothen†;
plane;
file;
mow,
shave;
level,
roll;
macadamize;
polish,
burnish,
calender†,
glaze;
iron,
hot-press,
mangle;
lubricate
etc.
(oil)
332.
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Dutch: oppoetsen, poetsen, slijpen
3 smooth
Free from obstructions:
— Smooth the way towards peace negotiations.
synonym: smooth out.
Dutch: wegmasseren
adjective
1 smooth
Having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities.
Roget 933:
flattering
etc.
v.;
adulatory;
mealy-mouthed,
honey-mouthed;
honeyed;
smooth,
smooth-tongued;
soapy,
oily,
unctuous,
blandiloquent†,
specious;
fine-spoken,
fair spoken;
plausible,
servile,
sycophantic,
fulsome;
courtierly†,
courtier-like.
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Roget 705:
easy,
facile;
feasible
etc.
(practicable)
470;
easily managed,
easily accomplished;
within reach,
accessible,
easy of access,
for the million,
open to.
manageable,
wieldy;
towardly†,
tractable;
submissive;
yielding,
ductile;
suant†;
pliant
etc.
(soft)
324;
glib,
slippery;
smooth
etc.
255;
on friction wheels,
on velvet.
unembarrassed,
disburdened,
unburdened,
disencumbered,
unencumbered,
disembarrassed;
exonerated;
unloaded,
unobstructed,
untrammeled;
unrestrained
etc.
(free)
748;
at ease,
light.
[able to do easily]
at home with;
quite at home;
in one's element,
in smooth water;
skillful
etc.
698;
accustomed
etc.
613.
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Roget 329:
structural,
organic;
anatomic,
anatomical.
textural,
textile;
fine grained,
coarse grained;
fine,
delicate,
subtile,
gossamery,
filmy,
silky,
satiny;
coarse;
homespun.
rough,
gritty;
smooth.
smooth as silk,
smooth as satin.
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Roget 255:
smooth;
polished
etc.
v.;
leiodermatous†,
slick,
velutinous†;
even;
level
etc.
213;
plane
etc.
(flat)
251;
sleek,
glossy;
silken,
silky;
lanate†,
downy,
velvety;
glabrous,
slippery,
glassy,
lubricous,
oily,
soft,
unwrinkled†;
smooth as glass,
smooth as ice,
smooth as monumental alabaster,
smooth as velvet,
smooth as oil;
slippery as an eel;
woolly
etc.
(feathery)
256.
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Roget 213:
horizontal,
level,
even,
plane;
flat
etc.
251;
flat as a billiard table,
flat as a bowling green;
alluvial;
calm,
calm as a mill pond;
smooth,
smooth as glass.
recumbent,
decumbent,
procumbent,
accumbent†;
lying
etc.
v.;
prone,
supine,
couchant,
jacent†,
prostrate,
recubant†.
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Polish: gładki, głaźny
2 smooth
Smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication:
— The manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error.
synonyms: bland, politic, suave.
3 smooth
Of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth.
4 smooth
Smooth and unconstrained in movement:
— A long, smooth stride.
synonyms: fluent, fluid, liquid.
Polish: płynny, miękki
5 smooth
music Without breaks between notes; smooth and connected.
synonym: legato.
Polish: legato
6 smooth
Of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence.
7 smooth
Lacking obstructions or difficulties.
Polish: gładki
8 smooth
of a body of water Free from disturbance by heavy waves:
— A smooth channel crossing.
synonyms: placid, quiet, still, tranquil, unruffled.
Roget 174:
moderate;
lenient
etc.
740;
gentle,
mild,
mellow;
cool,
sober,
temperate,
reasonable,
measured;
tempered
etc.
v.;
calm,
unruffled,
quiet,
tranquil,
still;
slow,
smooth,
untroubled;
tame;
peaceful,
peaceable;
pacific,
halcyon.
unexciting,
unirritating†;
soft,
bland,
oily,
demulcent,
lenitive,
anodyne;
hypnotic
etc.
683;
sedative;
antiorgastic†,
anaphrodisiac†.
mild as mother's milk;
milk and water.
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