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Meanings of smooth in English

Portuguese
polir
Catalan
enllustrar

Make (a surface) shine.

polir
Portuguese
macio
Catalan
suau
Spanish
suave

Having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities.

Related terms
macio
Portuguese
legato

(Music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected.

legato
Portuguese
alisar
Catalan
suavitzar

Make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing.

Related terms
alisar
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Examples for "smoothen"
Examples for "smoothen"
1
In like manner the electric flat-iron will smoothen her linen without fatiguing her.
By Water to the Columbian Exposition
2
Perhaps you would write to her and soften and smoothen matters.
The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's C...
3
Finding buyers for the assets would smoothen the regulatory path to clearance for the merger.
Reuters
4
He said there were some options the government could look at to help smoothen the process.
Radio NZ
5
A pickup of the Spanish real estate market helped smoothen the way for the transaction, Commerzbank said.
Reuters
Usage of smooth in English
1
This great adoption of EU law is essential to a smooth Brexit.
The Guardian
2
He wears a good suit does Ince, a smooth gray number today.
The Guardian
3
However there are ways of making the transition as smooth as possible.
The Irish Times
4
Introducing set terms and age limits was supposed to ensure smooth transitions.
The Guardian
5
The scales smooth; praeanal pores none; pupil elliptical, erect; hinder limbs short.
Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Weste...
6
This could result from effects at the level of airway smooth muscle.
Pubmed
7
The Director said to smooth awkward situation he would just stand around.
The new yorker
8
We wonder if they're glass or stone, washed smooth by the sea.
The Irish Times
9
The words were smooth, but Dante didn't believe them for a moment.
When darkness comes
10
Why help smooth their departure at our own cost? the diplomat said.
Reuters
11
You saw how I was going at it today, nice and smooth.
The Guardian
12
It was heavy, the case rubbed smooth by handling over the years.
Cross of St. George
13
A free variation on pitch three takes a smooth slab out right.
Climbing Magazine
14
They aim to make the transition as smooth and easy as possible.
The South African
15
There were no signs of shelves in it; the plaster was smooth.
Donal Grant
16
Sea as smooth as Nakajima river where we sailed our model yachts.
Number9Dream
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Translations for smooth
Smooth through the time
Smooth across language varieties
United States of America
Common
South Africa
Common
Canada
Common
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