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smooth

/smuːð/

noun

Meaning

  • 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.

  • The analysis obtained through a smoothing procedure.

verb

Meaning

  • To make smooth or even.

  • To make straightforward or easy.

  • To calm or palliate.

    "to smooth a person's temper"

  • (image processing, digital audio) To capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise.

  • To stroke; especially to stroke an animal's fur.

    "Can I smooth your cat?"

adjective

Meaning

  • Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.

  • Without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents.

    "We hope for a smooth transition to the new system."

  • Bland; glib.

  • Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; fluent.

  • (of a person) 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.

  • (of a function) Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain.

  • (of a number) That factors completely into small prime numbers.

  • (of a vowel) Lacking marked aspiration.

  • (of muscles) Involuntary and non-striated.

Synonyms

even,
fluid

adverb

Meaning

  • Smoothly.