[smooth] 
adjective, -er, -est, adverb, verb, noun | 1. | free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough: smooth wood; a smooth road. |
| 2. | generally flat or unruffled, as a calm sea. |
| 3. | free from hairs or a hairy growth: a smooth cheek. |
| 4. | of uniform consistency; free from lumps, as a batter, sauce, etc. |
| 5. | free from or proceeding without abrupt curves, bends, etc.: a smooth ride. |
| 6. | allowing or having an even, uninterrupted movement or flow: smooth driving. |
| 7. | easy and uniform, as motion or the working of a machine. |
| 8. | having projections worn away: a smooth tire casing. |
| 9. | free from hindrances or difficulties: a smooth day at the office. |
| 10. | noting a metal file having the minimum commercial grade of coarseness for a single-cut file. Compare dead-smooth. |
| 11. | undisturbed, tranquil, or equable, as the feelings, temper, etc.; serene: a smooth disposition. |
| 12. | elegant, easy, or polished: smooth manners. |
| 13. | ingratiatingly polite or suave: That salesman is a smooth talker. |
| 14. | free from harshness, sharpness, or bite; bland or mellow, as cheese or wine. |
| 15. | not harsh to the ear, as sound: the smooth music of a ballroom dance band. |
| 16. | Phonetics. without aspiration. |
| 17. | in a smooth manner; smoothly. |
| 18. | to make smooth of surface, as by scraping, planing, or pressing. |
| 19. | to remove (projections, ridges, wrinkles, etc.) in making something smooth (often fol. by away or out). |
| 20. | to free from difficulties. |
| 21. | to remove (obstacles) from a path (often fol. by away). |
| 22. | to make more polished, elegant, or agreeable, as wording or manners. |
| 23. | to tranquilize, calm, or soothe (a person, the feelings, etc.). |
| 24. | Mathematics. to simplify (an expression) by substituting approximate or certain known values for the variables. |
| 25. | act of smoothing: She adjusted the folds with a smooth of her hand. |
| 26. | something that is smooth; a smooth part or place: through the rough and the smooth. |
| 27. | smooth over, to make seem less severe, disagreeable, or irreconcilable; allay; mitigate: He smoothed over my disappointment with kind words. |
