English Explanatory Dictionary

smooth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
  2. Without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents.
  3. Bland; glib.
  4. Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; fluent.
  5. Suave; sophisticated.
  6. Natural; unconstrained.
  7. Unbroken.
  8. Placid, calm.
  9. Lacking projections or indentations; not serrated.
  10. Not grainy; having an even texture.
  11. Having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent.
  12. Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain.
adv
  1. Smoothly.
noun
  1. Something that is smooth, or that goes smoothly and easily.
  2. A smoothing action.
  3. A domestic animal having a smooth coat.
  4. A member of an anti-hippie fashion movement in 1970s Britain.
  5. The analysis obtained through a smoothing procedure.
verb
  1. To make smooth or even.
  2. To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure; to press, to flatten.
  3. To make straightforward or easy.
  4. To calm or palliate.
  5. To capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise.
  6. To stroke; especially to stroke an animal's fur.

Pronunciation

/smuːð/ en-us-smooth.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-smooth.wav

Word forms

smooth smoother smoothest smeeth smoothe smooths smoothing smoothed

Etymology

Etymology tree Old English smōþ Middle English smothe Proto-West Germanic *smanþī Old English smēþe Middle English smethe English smooth From Middle English smothe, smethe, from Old English smēþe, smōþ, both from Proto-West Germanic *smanþī, of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots smuith (“smooth”), Saterland Frisian smoud (“smooth”), Low German smood and smödig (“smooth, malleable, ductile”), Dutch smeuïg (“smooth”) (from earlier smeudig).

Synonyms

downy flat frictionless lanate level silken silklike silky sleek slight smooth velutinous velvety fluid slick seamless even smoothen

Antonyms

rough uneven bumpy coarse textured

Related words

smooth as a baby's bottom smooth as glass smooth as silk

Derived words

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