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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late Old English smoþ "to make smooth," replacing smeðan "to smooth, soften, polish; appease, soothe;" smeðian "smoothen, become smooth," from the source of smooth (adj.). Meaning "to make smooth" is c.1200. Related: Smoothed ; smoothing . Middle English ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing; "smooth the surface of the wood" [syn: smoothen ] [ant: roughen ] (of surfaces) make shine; "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes" [syn: polish , smoothen , shine ] free from obstructions; "smooth the ...

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" Smooth " is the third single released from iiO 's debut album, Poetica .

Usage examples of smooth.

The skin of this young creature, from continual ablutions and the use of mollifying ointments, was inconceivably smooth and soft.

The snowflakes had become fine and dry, almost like bits of ice, and they seemed to be abrading the world, smoothing it the way that sandpaper smoothed wood, until eventually there would be no peaks and valleys, nothing but a featureless, highly polished plain as far as anyone could see.

Panting, Abrim tried to brace himself against the smooth tunnel wall, but the low-friction coating defeated him and he began to slide slowly backward.

I shall smooth out thy frowns with a smile when thou hast heard this: this folk are not only afeard of their old enemies, the devil-led men, but also they fear those whom the devil-led men have driven out of house and home, to wit, the Burgers.

Mayor Aiken thought his post-lunch meeting with Philip Mohandas would be smooth sailing, a photo op.

At last he had given his grievance an airing, and compared with his previous treatment rude letters, curt telephone calls, and ignored requests for information smooth evasions were a decided improvement.

John was very happy about it at the time though he later claimed to have been opposed to it, but it pulled the whole album together, giving it a smooth pop surface.

All differences have been smoothed away except that the question of the exact form of our amphibious activities in the Bay of Bengal has been left over for further study.

I settled Victoria in the hollow of my shoulder and watched as Amrita walked to the edge of the pool and smoothed down her tan skirt.

Their angareb stood in the centre of the floor and he saw that the linen upon it had been washed, bleached and smoothed with a hot iron, until it shone like the salt pan of Shokra.

Message instead of brooding on that odd old dark moment of aphasiac terror with this veiled like psuedo-intellectual-type girl who was probably just in some sort of complex Denial, or on whatever doubtlessly grim place he feels like he knows that smooth echoless slightly Southern voice from.

Among the latter was a huge arborescent grass nearly a foot in diameter, with hard, smooth outer wood and a pithy core.

To his left, one of the other men broke into a reflexive offensive move that was so smooth it told Argent immediately the man was equipped with a move-by-wire cybernetic system.

In one smooth motion, the Argon straightened to his full height, then proceeded to gaze down at her.

Evan joined him, and they silently studied the smooth, disciplined functioning of the plot room, Arris with satisfaction and Evan doubtless with the same.