SMOOTH — ТЛУМАЧЕННЯ
smooth
The act of smoothing.
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- He gave his hair a quick smooth.
(of surfaces) make shine.
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- Shine the silver, please.
- Polish my shoes.
Make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing.
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- Smooth the surface of the wood.
Free from obstructions.
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- Smooth the way towards peace negociations.
Without chinks or crannies.
Lacking obstructions or difficulties.
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- The bill's path through the legislature was smooth and orderly.
Smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication.
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- 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 custom.
Smooth and unconstrained in movement.
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- A long, smooth stride.
- The fluid motion of a cat.
- The liquid grace of a ballerina.
- Liquid prose.
Having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities.
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- Smooth skin.
- A smooth tabletop.
- Smooth fabric.
- A smooth road.
- Water as smooth as a mirror.
Not marked with wrinkles.
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- Unwrinkled cheeks.
Of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth.
Without breaks between notes; smooth and connected.
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- A legato passage.
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