smooth
smooth is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 10 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Evenly spread or arranged; sleek; as, smooth hair.
- 2.Gently flowing; moving equably; not ruffled or obstructed; as, a smooth stream.
- 3.Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; voluble; even; fluent. The only smooth poet of those times. Milton. Waller was smooth; but Dryden taught to join The varying verse, the full-resounding line. Pope. When sage Minerva rose, From her sweet lips smooth elocution flows. Gay.
- 4.Bland; mild; smoothing; fattering. This smooth discourse and mild behavior oft Conceal a traitor. Addison.
- 5.(Mech. & Physics) Causing no resistance to a body sliding along its surface; frictionless. Note: Smooth is often used in the formation of selfexplaining 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.
- 6.Smoothly. Chaucer. Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep. Shak.
- 7.The act of making smooth; a stroke which smooths. Thackeray.
- 8.That which is smooth; the smooth part of anything. "The smooth of his neck." Gen. xxvii.
- 9.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: -- (a) To free from obstruction; to make easy. Thou, Abelard! the last sad office pay, And smooth my passage to the realms of day. Pope. (b) To free from harshness; to make flowing. In their motions harmony divine So smooths her charming tones that God's own ear Listens delighted. Milton. (c) To palliate; to gloze; as, to smooth over a fault. (d) To give a smooth or calm appearance to. Each perturbation smoothed with outward calm. Milton. (e) To ease; to regulate. Dryden.
- 10.To flatter; to use blandishment. Because I can not flatter and speak fair, Smile in men's faces, smooth, deceive and cog. Shak.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accord
- accordance
- accubation
- accumbent
- agreement
- all
- alluvial
- always
- and
- area
- assimilate
- azimuth
- back
- beam
- become
- billiard
- bowling
- butte
- calm
- clockwork
- conform
- conformably
- conformity
- connatural
- connaturality
- connaturalness
- consistency
- consistent
- consonance
- constancy
- couch
- couchant
- cricket
- croquet
- dead
- decumbence
- decumbency
- decumbent
- discumbency
- dissimilarity
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is smooth.
- What is evenly spread or arranged; sleek; as, smooth hair called?
- What is gently flowing; moving equably; not ruffled or obstructed; as, a smooth stream called?
- What is bland; mild; smoothing; fattering. This smooth discourse and mild behavior oft Conceal a traitor. Addison called?
- What is smoothly. Chaucer. Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep. Shak called?
- What is the act of making smooth; a stroke which smooths. Thackeray called?
- What is that which is smooth; the smooth part of anything. "The smooth of his neck." Gen. xxvii called?
- What is to flatter; to use blandishment. Because I can not flatter and speak fair, Smile in men's faces, smooth, deceive and cog. Shak called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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