smooth
/smuːð/
Dictionary
noun
- 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
- 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
- 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.
adverb
- Smoothly.
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