[syn: placid, quiet, still, tranquil, smooth, unruffled]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Smooth \Smooth\, v. i.
To flatter; to use blandishment.
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Because I can not flatter and speak fair,
Smile in men's faces, smooth, deceive and cog. --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Smooth \Smooth\ (sm[=oo][th]), a. [Compar. Smoother
(sm[=oo][th]"[~e]r); superl. Smoothest.] [OE. smothe,
smethe, AS. sm[=e][eth]e, sm[oe][eth]e, where [=e], [oe],
come from an older [=o]; cf. LG. sm["o]de, sm["o]e,
sm["o]dig; of uncertain origin.]
1. Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no
roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not
rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain. --Chaucer.
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The outlines must be smooth, imperceptible to the
touch, and even, without eminence or cavities.
--Dryden.
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2. Evenly spread or arranged; sleek; as, smooth hair.
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3. Gently flowing; moving equably; not ruffled or obstructed;
as, a smooth stream.
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4. Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or
hesitation; not harsh; voluble; even; fluent.
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The only smooth poet of those times. --Milton.
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Waller was smooth; but Dryden taught to join
The varying verse, the full-resounding line. --Pope.
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When sage Minerva rose,
From her sweet lips smooth elocution flows. --Gay.
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5. Bland; mild; smoothing; fattering.
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This smooth discourse and mild behavior oft
Conceal a traitor. --Addison.
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6. (Mech. & Physics) Causing no resistance to a body sliding
along its surface; frictionless.
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Note: Smooth is often used in the formation of
self-explaining compounds; as, smooth-bodied,
smooth-browed, smooth-combed, smooth-faced,
smooth-finished, smooth-gliding, smooth-grained,
smooth-leaved, smooth-sliding, smooth-speaking,
smooth-woven, and the like.
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Syn: Even; plain; level; flat; polished; glossy; sleek; soft;
bland; mild; soothing; voluble; flattering; adulatory;
deceptive.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Smooth \Smooth\, adv.
Smoothly. --Chaucer.
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Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep. --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Smooth \Smooth\, n.
1. The act of making smooth; a stroke which smooths.
--Thackeray.
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2. That which is smooth; the smooth part of anything. "The
smooth of his neck." --Gen. xxvii. 16.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Smooth \Smooth\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smoothed (sm[=oo]thd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Smoothing.] [OE. smothen, smethen, AS.
sm[=e][eth]ian; cf. LG. sm["o]den. See Smooth, a.]
To make smooth; to make even on the surface by any means; as,
to smooth a board with a plane; to smooth cloth with an iron.
Specifically:
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(a) To free from obstruction; to make easy.
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Thou, Abelard! the last sad office pay,
And smooth my passage to the realms of day. --Pope.
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(b) To free from harshness; to make flowing.
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In their motions harmony divine
So smooths her charming tones that God's own ear
Listens delighted. --Milton.
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(c) To palliate; to gloze; as, to smooth over a fault.
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(d) To give a smooth or calm appearance to.
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Each perturbation smoothed with outward calm.
--Milton.
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(e) To ease; to regulate. --Dryden.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
smooth
adj 1: having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges
or irregularities; "smooth skin"; "a smooth tabletop";
"smooth fabric"; "a smooth road"; "water as smooth as a
mirror" [ant: rough, unsmooth]
2: smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of
sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so
important a personage"; "the manager pacified the customer
with a smooth apology for the error" [syn: politic,
smooth, suave, bland]
3: of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth [ant:
rough]
4: smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth
stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a
ballerina" [syn: fluent, fluid, liquid, smooth]
5: (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected;
"a legato passage" [syn: legato, smooth] [ant:
disconnected, staccato]
6: of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or
turbulence; "a smooth ride" [ant: bumpy, jolting,
jolty, jumpy, rocky, rough]
7: lacking obstructions or difficulties; "the bill's path
through the legislature was smooth and orderly"
8: (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves; "a
ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay";
"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" [syn: placid, quiet, still, tranquil,
smooth, unruffled]
n 1: the act of smoothing; "he gave his hair a quick smooth"
v 1: make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing; "smooth the
surface of the wood" [syn: smooth, smoothen] [ant:
roughen]
2: make (a surface) shine; "shine the silver, please"; "polish
my shoes" [syn: polish, smooth, smoothen, shine]
3: free from obstructions; "smooth the way towards peace
negotiations" [syn: smooth, smooth out]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
583 Moby Thesaurus words for "smooth":
Ciceronian, Demosthenian, Demosthenic, Machiavellian, Machiavellic,
Mickey Mouse, Tullian, accordant, acomous, acute, adipose,
adulatory, agreeable, aid, align, alike, all jaw, allay,
ameliorate, appease, arch, arrowlike, artful, articulate,
articulated, assimilate to, assuage, astute, at rest, attenuate,
attenuated, automatic, balance, balanced, bald, bald-headed, balmy,
bare, beardless, believable, bland, blandishing, blarneying,
blubbery, buff, burnish, burnished, buttery, butyraceous, cagey,
cajoling, calender, calm, calm down, candid, canny, casual,
catenated, ceaseless, chatty, chrismal, chrismatory, civilized,
clean-shaven, clear, clear the way, clever, cloistered, coarsen,
communicative, compose, concatenated, conciliate, concinnate,
concinnous, connected, conniving, consistent, consonant, constant,
continual, continued, continuing, continuous, correspondent,
courteous, courtierly, courtly, cradle, crafty, credible, cunning,
cursive, cushy, cute, cyclical, dab, dainty, damp, dead straight,
deceitful, deep, deep-laid, defuse, delicate, depilated, depilous,
designing, diplomatic, direct, disarming, disentangle, downy, drag,
dress, dub, dulcet, dulcify, dwindling, ease, easy, easy as pie,
ebbing, effortless, effusive, elegant, eloquent, endless, equable,
equal, equalize, equilibrize, euphonic, euphonical, euphonious,
even, even out, even-tenored, expansive, expedite, explain, extend,
facile, facilitate, facund, faint, fair-spoken, fat, fatty,
fawning, featureless, felicitous, feline, fell, filmy, fine,
fine-drawn, fine-grained, fine-spoken, finespun, flat, flatly,
flatten, flattened, flattering, flip, flowing, fluent, fluffy,
flush, foxy, frank, free, fulsome, furbish, fuzzy, gabby, gapless,
garrulous, gassy, gauzy, gentle, glabrate, glabrescent, glabrous,
glassy, glib, gloss over, glossy, gossamer, gossamery, gossipy,
graceful, grade, grain, granulate, grease, grease the ways,
grease the wheels, greasy, gregarious, guileful, gushing, gushy,
hairless, halcyon, harmonious, harmonize, harrow, hasten,
help along, homaloidal, homogeneous, homogenize, honey-mouthed,
honey-tongued, honeyed, horizontal, hush, hushed, immediate,
immutable, impassive, in a line, incessant, ingenious,
ingratiating, insidious, insincere, insinuating, interminable,
invariable, inventive, iron, isolated, joined, jointless, knowing,
lardaceous, lardy, lay, lay down, lay flat, lay level, lay low,
lay out, lay the dust, leiotrichous, lenient, lessen, level, light,
lineal, linear, linked, long-winded, loose, loquacious, lubricate,
lull, make clear, make uniform, make way for, mangle, mealymouthed,
measured, mechanical, mellow, methodic, mild, minimize, mitigate,
moldering, mollify, monolithic, monotonous, mow, mucoid,
multiloquent, multiloquious, naked, never-ending, newsy,
nonchalant, nonstop, normalize, nothing to it, obsequious,
of a piece, oil, oily, oily-tongued, oleaginous, oleic, open,
open the way, open up, ordered, orderly, overtalkative, pacific,
pacify, painless, palliate, pave, pave the way, pawky, peaceable,
peaceful, perennial, perfect, periodic, persistent, persuasive,
placate, placid, plain, plane, planish, plaster, plausible,
pleasant, pleasing, polish, polished, polite, politic,
pour balm into, pour balm on, prepare, prepare the way, press,
prime, prolix, propitiate, pubescent, put straight, quell, quicken,
quiescent, quiet, rase, raze, ready, rectify, rectilineal,
rectilinear, recurrent, reduce, refine, refined, regular,
regularize, regulate, remove friction, repetitive, reposeful,
reposing, resourceful, rest, restful, resting, rich, right,
robotlike, rock, rock to sleep, roll, roll flat, rolled, roughen,
round, round-the-clock, royal, rub up, ruler-straight,
run interference for, running, sand, sandblast, sandpaper, satin,
satiny, scheming, seamless, sebaceous, secluded, sequestered,
sequestrated, serene, serpentine, serried, set straight, sharp,
shave, shaven, sheltered, shifty, shine, shiny, shrewd, silken,
silky, silver, silver-tongued, simple, simple as ABC, simplify,
sit up, sleek, slick, slimy, slippery, slobbery, sly, smarmy,
smooth down, smooth out, smooth over, smooth the way, smooth-faced,
smooth-running, smooth-shaven, smooth-sounding, smooth-spoken,
smooth-textured, smooth-tongued, smoothed out, smoothen,
smoothened, smoothly, smug, snaky, sneaky, soap the ways, soapy,
sociable, soft, soft-soaping, soft-spoken, soften, soignee, soothe,
soothing, sophistical, speed, spellbinding, squashed,
squashed flat, stabilize, stable, stand up, standardize, steadfast,
steady, stealthy, steamroll, steamroller, stereotype, still,
still as death, stillish, stilly, stoic, stolid, straight,
straight-cut, straight-front, straight-side, straighten,
straighten out, straighten up, straightforward, strategic,
streamlined, suave, suave-spoken, subdue, subsiding, subtile,
subtle, suety, supple, sweet, sycophantic, symmetrical, symmetrize,
syrupy, systematic, tabloid, tabular, tactical, talkative, talky,
tallowy, temper, thin-spun, tonsured, tooth, tranquil, tranquilize,
trickish, tricksy, tricky, tripping, trodden, trodden flat, true,
twenty-four-hour, unagitated, unbar, unbend, unbending, unbent,
unblock, unbowed, unbroken, unburdensome, unceasing, unchangeable,
unchanged, unchanging, unclog, uncluttered, uncomplicated,
unconstrained, unctuous, uncurl, uncurved, undeflected,
undeviating, undifferentiated, undistorted, undisturbed,
undiversified, unending, uneventful, unguent, unguentary,
unguentous, uniform, uniformize, uniformly, unintermitted,
unintermittent, unintermitting, uninterrupted, unjam, unkink,
unmoved, unobstructed, unperturbed, unrelieved, unremitting,
unrough, unroughened, unruffled, unsnarl, unstirring, unstopped,
unswerving, untroubled, untroublesome, unturned, unvaried,
unvarying, upright, urbane, velutinous, velvety, verbose, vertical,
voluble, vulpine, waning, wary, well-ordered, well-spoken,
wheedling, wily, windy, winning, wiredrawn