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say it: smooth
smooth is an adjective, verb and noun meaning "having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities". It is pronounced /ˈsmuð/ — smooth. It carries 12 recorded senses.
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”
smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
“he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage”
“the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error”
lacking obstructions or difficulties
“the bill's path through the legislature was smooth and orderly”
(of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
“a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay”
“the quiet waters of a lagoon”
“a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky”
“a smooth channel crossing”
“scarcely a ripple on the still water”
“unruffled water”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for smooth come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.