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Smoother   /smˈuðər/   Listen
Smoother

noun
1.
A power tool used for sanding wood; an endless loop of sandpaper is moved at high speed by an electric motor.  Synonyms: drum sander, electric sander, sander.



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"



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"Smoother" Quotes from Famous Books



... Of Gaulstown lads (for such they are) Besides a brace of grave divines, Adore the smoothness of thy lines: Smooth as our basin's silver flood, Ere George had robb'd it of its mud; Smoother than Pegasus' old shoe, Ere Vulcan comes to make him new. The board on which we set our a—s, Is not so smooth as are thy verses; Compared with which (and that's enough) A smoothing-iron itself is rough. Nor praise I less that circumcision, By modern poets call'd elision, With which, in ...
— Poems (Volume II.) • Jonathan Swift

... of the heavens. Perfectly familiar, himself, with a course which he frequently traversed,—in an excellent ship, and assisted by experienced seamen,—he was enabled to steer, with comparative safety, through the almost tangible darkness; and, early on the following morning, he entered the smoother waters of Penobscot Bay, and anchored securely in one of the numerous harbors ...
— The Rivals of Acadia - An Old Story of the New World • Harriet Vaughan Cheney

... voluminous replies from this mysterious Alice; and, if one might judge from his expression on reading these epistles (as that contemptible little apprentice did judge), the course of his love ran smoother than usual; thus, by its exceptionality, proving the truth of ...
— Gascoyne, The Sandal Wood Trader - A Tale of the Pacific • R. M. Ballantyne

... leaves, etc. Sporangium .3-.4 mm. in diameter, the stipe about the same length as the diameter. Our specimens are a smaller form than the European, with smaller and smoother spores. Superficially the species resembles Didymium squamulosum, and it is Didymium leucopus of ...
— The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio • A. P. Morgan

... Paul, came with him to see me. The young man's delight at being at last appointed to Constantinople knew no bounds, and he almost became enthusiastic in his praises of the city and the scenery. He smiled perpetually, and was smoother than ever in speech and manner. Balsamides conceived a strong dislike for him, but condescended to treat him with civility in consideration of the fact that he was Paul's cousin and the son of my ...
— Paul Patoff • F. Marion Crawford


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