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smooth |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb smooth 2 of 3 senses of smooth Sense 1 smooth, smoothen => strip => launch => rake => sandpaper, sand => sandblast => file Sense 2 polish, smooth, smoothen, shine => Simonize => slick, sleek => buff, burnish, furbish, flush Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb smooth 2 of 3 senses of smooth Sense 1 smooth, smoothen => strip => launch => rake => sandpaper, sand => rough-sand => sandblast => file Sense 2 polish, smooth, smoothen, shine => Simonize => slick, sleek => buff, burnish, furbish, flush Entailment of verb smooth 2 of 3 senses of smooth Sense 1 smooth, smoothen => rub Sense 2 polish, smooth, smoothen, shine => rub Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb smooth 3 senses of smooth Sense 1 smooth, smoothen => change surface Also See-> smooth over#1 Sense 2 polish, smooth, smoothen, shine => beautify, embellish, prettify Sense 3 smooth, smooth out => rid, free disembarrass Familiarity of verb smooth smooth used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb smooth Sense 1 smooth, smoothen => change surface -------------- Sense 2 polish, smooth, smoothen, shine => beautify, embellish, prettify -------------- Sense 3 smooth, smooth out => rid, free disembarrass -------------- Grep of noun smooth american smooth dogfish smooth smooth-haired fox terrier smooth-leaved elm smooth alder smooth aster smooth bark kauri smooth crabgrass smooth darling pea smooth dogfish smooth earthball smooth green snake smooth hammerhead smooth lip fern smooth muscle smooth muscle cell smooth plane smooth softshell smooth sumac smooth winterberry holly smooth woodsia smoothbark smoother smoothhound smoothhound shark smoothie smoothing iron smoothing plane smoothness smoothy Overview of noun smooth The noun smooth has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. smooth -- (the act of smoothing; "he gave is hair a quick smooth") Overview of verb smooth The verb smooth has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (7) smooth, smoothen -- (make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing; "smooth the surface of the wood") 2. (1) polish, smooth, smoothen, shine -- ((of surfaces) make shine; "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes") 3. smooth, smooth out -- (free from obstructions; "smooth the way towards peace negociations") Overview of adj smooth The adj smooth has 8 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (11) smooth -- (having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities; "smooth skin"; "a smooth tabletop"; "smooth fabric"; "a smooth road"; "water as smooth as a mirror") 2. (3) politic, smooth, suave -- (smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the hostess averted a confrontation between two guests with a diplomatic change of subject"; "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error"; "affable, suave, moderate men...smugly convinced of their respectability" - Ezra Pound) 3. (1) smooth -- ((botany) of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth) 4. (1) unwrinkled, smooth -- (not marked with wrinkles; "unwrinkled cheeks") 5. (1) flowing, fluent, fluid, liquid, smooth -- (smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina"; "liquid prose") 6. legato, smooth -- ((music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected; "a legato passage") 7. uncrannied, smooth -- (without chinks or crannies) 8. smooth -- (lacking obstructions or difficulties; "the bill's path through the legislature was smooth and orderly") Antonyms of adj smooth 8 senses of smooth Sense 1 smooth (vs. rough) rough (vs. smooth), unsmooth => abrasive, scratchy => alligatored, cracked => barky => broken, rugged => bullate => bumpy, jarring, jolting, jolty => chapped, cracked, roughened => corded, pique, twill, twilled => corduroy(postnominal), log(postnominal) => costate, ribbed => cragged, craggy, hilly, mountainous => crushed => homespun(prenominal), nubby, nubbly, slubbed, tweedy => lepidote, leprose, scabrous, scaly, scurfy => squamulose => lined, seamed => pocked, pockmarked, potholed => puckered => rocky, bouldery, bouldered, stony => roughish => rugose => scabby => textured, rough-textured => verrucose, warty, wartlike => imbricate, imbricated => sandpapery => shagged, shaggy Sense 2 politic, smooth, suave INDIRECT (VIA diplomatic) -> undiplomatic Sense 3 smooth (vs. rough) rough (vs. smooth) => angulate => bidentate => biserrate => ciliate, ciliated => crenate, crenated, scalloped => crenulate, crenulated => crispate => dentate => denticulate => emarginate => erose, jagged, jaggy, notched, toothed => fimbriate => fringed, laciniate => lacerate => pectinate => runcinate => serrate, serrated, saw-toothed, toothed, notched => serrulate => rimose => spinose Sense 4 unwrinkled, smooth INDIRECT (VIA unfurrowed) -> furrowed Sense 5 flowing, fluent, fluid, liquid, smooth INDIRECT (VIA graceful) -> awkward Sense 6 legato (vs. staccato), smooth Sense 7 uncrannied (vs. crannied), smooth Sense 8 smooth INDIRECT (VIA easy) -> difficult, hard Similarity of adj smooth 8 senses of smooth Sense 1 smooth (vs. rough) => creaseless, uncreased => fast => glassy => glossy, satin(postnominal), satiny, sleek, silken, silky, silklike, slick => seamless, unlined, unseamed => velvet, velvety => waxlike, waxy, ceraceous => marmoreal, marmorean Also See-> even#3; fine#4; ironed#1; slippery#1, slippy#1 Sense 2 politic, smooth, suave => diplomatic (vs. undiplomatic), diplomatical Sense 3 smooth (vs. rough) => entire => repand => sinuate => undulate => unnotched, untoothed Also See-> simple#6, unsubdivided#1; compound#1 Sense 4 unwrinkled, smooth => unfurrowed (vs. furrowed) Sense 5 flowing, fluent, fluid, liquid, smooth => graceful (vs. awkward) Sense 6 legato (vs. staccato), smooth Sense 7 uncrannied (vs. crannied), smooth Sense 8 smooth => easy (vs. difficult) Attributes of adj smooth Familiarity of adj smooth smooth used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 8) Grep of adj smooth smooth smooth-faced smooth-shaven smooth-spoken smooth-tongued smoothbore smoothed smoothened unsmooth Overview of noun smooth The noun smooth has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. smooth -- (the act of smoothing; "he gave is hair a quick smooth") Overview of verb smooth The verb smooth has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (7) smooth, smoothen -- (make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing; "smooth the surface of the wood") 2. (1) polish, smooth, smoothen, shine -- ((of surfaces) make shine; "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes") 3. smooth, smooth out -- (free from obstructions; "smooth the way towards peace negociations") Overview of adj smooth The adj smooth has 8 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (11) smooth -- (having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities; "smooth skin"; "a smooth tabletop"; "smooth fabric"; "a smooth road"; "water as smooth as a mirror") 2. (3) politic, smooth, suave -- (smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the hostess averted a confrontation between two guests with a diplomatic change of subject"; "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error"; "affable, suave, moderate men...smugly convinced of their respectability" - Ezra Pound) 3. (1) smooth -- ((botany) of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth) 4. (1) unwrinkled, smooth -- (not marked with wrinkles; "unwrinkled cheeks") 5. (1) flowing, fluent, fluid, liquid, smooth -- (smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina"; "liquid prose") 6. legato, smooth -- ((music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected; "a legato passage") 7. uncrannied, smooth -- (without chinks or crannies) 8. smooth -- (lacking obstructions or difficulties; "the bill's path through the legislature was smooth and orderly")
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