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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"  Antonym: rough.
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.  Antonym: rough.
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.  Antonym: staccato.
6.
Of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence.  Antonym: rough.
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.  Antonym: roughen.
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



... breeze seemed to revive her and we gently slipped by the Ragged Islands and Cape Mokkavik. That Sunday evening will long be remembered by us, for in addition to the delight we felt at again moving northward, and the charm of a bright evening with a gentle, fair wind and smooth water, allowing us to glide by hundreds of fulmar and shearwater sitting on the water, scarcely disturbed by our passage, the moon was paled by the brightest exhibition of the aurora we saw while in northern waters. Its sudden ...
— Bowdoin Boys in Labrador • Jonathan Prince (Jr.) Cilley

... third and greatest the Wikiri, by whom Pedro Hernandez de Serpa, before mentioned, was overthrown as he passed with 300 horse from Cumana towards Orenoque in his enterprise of Guiana. The fourth are called Aroras, and are as black as negroes, but have smooth hair; and these are very valiant, or rather desperate, people, and have the most strong poison on their arrows, and most dangerous, of all nations, of which I will speak somewhat, being a ...
— The Discovery of Guiana • Sir Walter Raleigh

... refastened her dress; put up her hands to her hair to smooth it, and tripped downstairs, full of expectation and hope. Maggie had relit the gas in the dining-room. Elma bounded ...
— Wild Kitty • L. T. Meade

... him for the first time. Now he thought he could understand why Red Springs and all it stood for was so removed and meaningless, was lost in the dim past. To Drew Rennie now, the squad, his round of duties, the army—these were home, not a brick house set in the midst of green fields and smooth paddocks. The house was empty of what he had found elsewhere—acceptance of Drew Rennie as a person in his own right, friendship, an occupation which answered the restlessness which had ridden him into rebellion. He stood staring at nothing as ...
— Ride Proud, Rebel! • Andre Alice Norton

... Shake it now and then, but do not stir it. Drain it, add a little milk in which a beaten egg has been mixed, one teaspoon of butter, and a little pepper and salt. Simmer for five minutes, and if the rice has not absorbed all the milk, drain it again. Put the rice around a dish, smooth it into a wall, wash it over with the yolk of a beaten egg, and put it into the oven until firm. Take the strained juice and pulp of seven or eight tomatoes, season with pepper, a little salt and sugar, and one-half of a chopped-up onion; ...
— Simple Italian Cookery • Antonia Isola


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