Definition of Smooth

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Smooth

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.

Evenly spread or arranged; sleek; as, smooth hair.

Gently flowing; moving equably; not ruffled or obstructed; as, a smooth stream.

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

Bland; mild; smoothing; fattering.

Causing no resistance to a body sliding along its surface; frictionless.

Smoothly.

The act of making smooth; a stroke which smooths.

That which is smooth; the smooth part of anything.

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.

To free from obstruction; to make easy.

To free from harshness; to make flowing.

To palliate; to gloze; as, to smooth over a fault.

To give a smooth or calm appearance to.

To ease; to regulate.

To flatter; to use blandishment.

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Smooth Quotations

Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.
Thomas Jefferson

The course of true love never did run smooth.
William Shakespeare

Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as ravens claws.
Jim Morrison

I come from Detroit where it's rough and I'm not a smooth talker.
Eminem

Blue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, or mountainous; that ocean is not silent.
H. P. Lovecraft

We laid the track on a smooth stretch of ground about one hundred feet north of the new building.
Orville Wright

The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.
Washington Irving

My fake Japanese was smooth enough to earn me the title of 'The Emperor of Pleasing Graciousness' in that country.
Wolfman Jack

The whole rise of new adult contemporary music and smooth jazz was a nice surprise.
Kenny G

Smooth Translations

smooth in Danish is flad, glat
smooth in Dutch is gelijk, vlak, effen
smooth in French is plat, uni, lisse
smooth in Italian is levigare, netto
smooth in Latin is sedo, teres
smooth in Norwegian is flat
smooth in Portuguese is liso
smooth in Spanish is suave, alisar, raso, pulimentar, liso, plano

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