smooth

/smuːð/
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Difficulty LevelIntermediate

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Word FrequencyVery Common

Used frequently in everyday conversation

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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 make straightforward or easy.

3. To calm or palliate.

"to smooth a person's temper"

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

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

"Can I smooth your cat?"

adjective

1. Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.

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

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

3. Bland; glib.

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

5. (of a person) Suave; sophisticated.

6. (of an action) Natural; unconstrained.

7. (of a motion) Unbroken.

8. (chiefly of water) Placid, calm.

9. (of an edge) Lacking projections or indentations; not serrated.

10. (of food or drink) Not grainy; having an even texture.

11. (of a beverage) Having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent.

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

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

14. (of a vowel) Lacking marked aspiration.

15. (of muscles) Involuntary and non-striated.

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Antonyms

adverb

1. Smoothly.

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