smooth
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5.8
- noun
- /smuːð/
- She enjoyed the smoothing of the fabric as she ironed out the wrinkles before the event.
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Examples
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The artist focused on the smoothing of the clay to create a more refined sculpture.
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The carpenter finished his work with a smoothing technique that made the wood feel soft to the touch.
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Let me see, it did give me a little bit of a smoothing appearance on the skin.
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So this is the smoothing oil to foam body cleanser.
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This is the primed and poreless skin smoothing face primer.
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They say it's blurring, brightening and smoothing, and I do feel like it does all of those things.
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For eye cream, I use the Shishado wrinkle smoothing eye cream because I do have a lot of eye wrinkles.
Synonyms
2
4.8
The act of making wood smooth and flat using a tool with a sharp blade
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2.8
The act of making the ground or surface flat and even
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
2
3.9
Muscle in the walls of organs and blood vessels that works without thinking
- Specialized
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4.4
A long thin cell that makes muscle in organs and blood vessels move without you controlling it
- US
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5.6
A common shrub from eastern North America with smooth, waxy leaves and clusters of red berries
- Specialized
A small shark that lives along the Atlantic coast of the Americas with smooth skin and a thin body
- Specialized
A small shark that lives on the sea bottom along the Atlantic coasts of North and South America
- Specialized
A round fungus with smooth outer skin when young that cracks and darkens
- Specialized
A thin snake with smooth green scales, not poisonous, living in meadows and open woods in the United States
- US
A North American plant that lives many years with smooth leaves and pale violet flowers
- Australian
A large Australian tree with a smooth pale trunk and light soft wood used for building
- Specialized
A low lawn weed with smooth stems and leaves that spreads by seeds and roots
- Australian
A plant from eastern Australia with bright blue, purple, or red flowers
- Specialized
A large shark with a smooth, hammer-shaped head often fished for its liver and skin
- Specialized
A small green plant with smooth edges on its leaves that grows in shady rocky places
A river turtle with a flat, smooth, rubbery shell that lives in flowing water
How Smooth
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word smooth used as a noun comes from the old English smōþ, meaning 'an act of making even', so a quick 'smooth' is the action that removes roughness and makes a surface lie flat.