smooth

adjective smoother · smoothest · smeeth · smoothe

1. Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough. The outlines must be smooth, […]imperceptible to the touch, and even, without eminence or cavities.
2. Without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents. We hope for a smooth transition to the new system.

   Similar: fluid, slick

3. Bland; glib. This smooth discourse and mild behavior oft / Conceal a traitor.
4. Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; fluent. the only smooth poet of those times

   Similar: seamless

5. Suave; sophisticated. He was so smooth and handsome. He knew just what to say and when to say it.
6. of an action Natural; unconstrained. In order for a reading to be smooth and effortless, readers must be able to recognize and read words accurately, automatically, and quickly.
7. of a motion Unbroken. Demonstrate first by the numbers and then as one smooth movement.
8. of water Placid, calm. As we worked to the southward, we picked up fair weather, and enjoyed smooth seas and pleasant skies.
9. of an edge Lacking projections or indentations; not serrated. A leaf having a smooth margin, without teeth or indentations of any kind, is called entire.
10. of food or drink Not grainy; having an even texture. A compact and stylish design, it produces 1 generous quart of excellent, smooth ice cream in 20 to 25 minutes.
11. of a beverage Having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent. The coffee was smooth, so smooth she took another sip.
12. of a function Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain. Any ANALYTIC FUNCTION is smooth. But a smooth function is not necessarily analytic.
13. of a number That factors completely into small prime numbers.
14. of a vowel Lacking marked aspiration. Οὐ becomes οὐκ before a smooth vowel, and οὐχ before an aspirate.

    Similar: even

15. of muscles Involuntary and non-striated.

Similar: downy, flat, frictionless, lanate, level, silken, silklike, silky, sleek, slight, smooth, velutinous, velvety · Opposite: rough, uneven, bumpy, coarse, textured

adverb smoother · smoothest · smeeth · smoothe

1. Smoothly. smooth-running, smooth-tongued, smooth-spoken

noun smooths · smeeth · smoothe

1. Something that is smooth, or that goes smoothly and easily. The smooth of his neck.
2. A smoothing action. She brushes down her hair with a little bit of spit and a smooth of her hand and opens the bright green door, walking a few metres, squinting.
3. A domestic animal having a smooth coat. In the 4-toe stock there is a wide gap between the lowest rough and the smooths which come from the same parents.
4. A member of an anti-hippie fashion movement in 1970s Britain. By the early 1970s, skinhead culture began to mutate into the variant ‘white ethnic’ styles of the suedeheads and smooths.
5. The analysis obtained through a smoothing procedure. A smooth of the potato data set has already been given in Figure 1.2.

verb smooths · smoothing · smoothed · smeeth · smoothe

1. transitive To make smooth or even. She smooths her skirt, looking as composed and ladylike as possible.

   Similar: smoothen

2. transitive To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure; to press, to flatten. to smooth cloth with a smoothing iron
3. transitive To make straightforward or easy. Caracas can be a tough place but the tremendously good-natured caraqueños smoothed my passage every step of the way.
4. transitive To calm or palliate. to smooth a person's temper
5. To capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise. […] the 7-month moving averages provide better smoothing of the data in this case than do the 3-month moving averages.
6. West Country To stroke; especially to stroke an animal's fur. Can I smooth your cat?