Smoothen vs. Smooth

(transitive) To make smooth.

(intransitive) To become smooth.

To make smooth.

make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing;

Example: ‘smooth the surface of the wood’;

(of surfaces) make shine;

Example: ‘shine the silver, please’; ‘polish my shoes’;

become smooth

Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.

Without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents.

Example: ‘We hope for a smooth transition to the new system.’;

Bland; glib.

Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; fluent.

(of a person) Suave; sophisticated.

(of an action) Natural; unconstrained.

(of a motion) Unbroken.

Placid, calm.

(of an edge) Lacking projections or indentations; not serrated.

(of food or drink) Not grainy; having an even texture.

(of a beverage) Having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent.

Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain.

That factors completely into small prime numbers.

Lacking marked aspiration.

Involuntary and non-striated.

Smoothly.

Something that is smooth, or that goes smoothly and easily.

A smoothing action.

A domestic animal having a smooth coat.

A member of an anti-hippie fashion movement in 1970s Britain.

(statistics) The analysis obtained through a smoothing procedure.

To make smooth or even.

To make straightforward.

To capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise.

(West Country) To stroke; especially to stroke an animal's fur.

Example: ‘Can I smooth your cat?’;

Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain.

Example: ‘The outlines must be smooth, imperceptible to the touch, and even, without eminence or cavities.’;

Evenly spread or arranged; sleek; as, smooth hair.

Gently flowing; moving equably; not ruffled or obstructed; as, a smooth stream.

Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; voluble; even; fluent.

Example: ‘The only smooth poet of those times.’; ‘Waller was smooth; but Dryden taught to joinThe varying verse, the full-resounding line.’; ‘When sage Minerva rose,From her sweet lips smooth elocution flows.’;

Bland; mild; smoothing; fattering.

Example: ‘This smooth discourse and mild behavior oftConceal a traitor.’;

Causing no resistance to a body sliding along its surface; frictionless.

Smoothly.

Example: ‘Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.’;

The act of making smooth; a stroke which smooths.

That which is smooth; the smooth part of anything.

To make smooth; to make even on the surface by any means; as, to smooth a board with a plane; to smooth cloth with an iron.

To free from obstruction; to make easy.

Example: ‘Thou, Abelard! the last sad office pay,And smooth my passage to the realms of day.’;

To free from harshness; to make flowing.

Example: ‘In their motions harmony divineSo smooths her charming tones that God's own earListens delighted.’;

To palliate; to gloze; as, to smooth over a fault.

To give a smooth or calm appearance to.

Example: ‘Each perturbation smoothed with outward calm.’;

To ease; to regulate.

To flatter; to use blandishment.

Example: ‘Because I can not flatter and speak fair,Smile in men's faces, smooth, deceive and cog.’;

the act of smoothing;

Example: ‘he gave his hair a quick smooth’;

make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing;

Example: ‘smooth the surface of the wood’;

(of surfaces) make shine;

Example: ‘shine the silver, please’; ‘polish my shoes’;

free from obstructions;

Example: ‘smooth the way towards peace negociations’;

having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities;

Example: ‘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;

Example: ‘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’;

of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth

not marked with wrinkles;

Example: ‘unwrinkled cheeks’;

smooth and unconstrained in movement;

Example: ‘a long, smooth stride’; ‘the fluid motion of a cat’; ‘the liquid grace of a ballerina’; ‘liquid prose’;

without breaks between notes; smooth and connected;

Example: ‘a legato passage’;

without chinks or crannies

lacking obstructions or difficulties;

Example: ‘the bill's path through the legislature was smooth and orderly’;