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Definition: Smooth |
SmoothAdjective1. 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". 2. Smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; "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" - Ezra Pound. 3. (botany) of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth. 4. Not marked with wrinkles; "unwrinkled cheeks". 5. Smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina"; "liquid prose". 6. (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected; "a legato passage". 7. Without chinks or crannies. 8. Lacking obstructions or difficulties; "the bill's path through the legislature was smooth and orderly". Noun1. The act of smoothing; "he gave is hair a quick smooth". Verb1. Make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing; "smooth the surface of the wood". 2. (of surfaces) make shine; "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes". 3. Free from obstructions; "smooth the way towards peace negociations". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "smooth" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
Note: Smooth \Smooth\ (sm[=oo][th]), adjective. [Comparative Smoother(-[~e]r); superlative Smoothest.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | Flavour of olive oil whose organoleptic characteristics are very weak owing to the loss of their aromatic components. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | To work over with a smoothing plane iron scraper. Source: European Union. (references) |
Meteorology & Standards | To eliminate the roughness of a surface. Source: European Union. (references) |
Multilingual Slang | English (twink ). (references) |
Slang | Twink. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In mathematics, a smooth function is one that is infinitely differentiable, i.e., has derivatives of all finite orders.For example, the exponential function is trivially smooth because the derivative of the exponential function is the exponential function itself.
It is often useful to construct smooth functions that are zero outside a given interval, but not inside it. This is possible; on the other hand it is impossible that a power series can have that property. This shows that there is a large gap between smooth and analytic functions; so that Taylor's theorem cannot in general be applied to expand smooth functions.
To give an explicit construct of such functions, we can start with a function such as f(x) = exp(-1/x), defined initially for x > 0. Not only do we have f(x) -> 0 as x -> 0 from above, we have P(x)f(x) -> 0 for any polynomial P - because exponential growth with a negative exponent dominates. That means that setting f(x) = 0 for x < 0 gives a smooth function. Combinations such as f(x)f(1-x) can then be made with any required interval as support; in this case the interval [0,1]. Such functions have an extremely slow 'lift-off' from 0.
Thinking in terms of complex analysis, a function like g(z) = exp(-1/z2) is smooth for z taking real values, but has an essential singularity at z = 0. That is, the behaviour near z = 0 is bad; but it happens that one cannot see that looking at real arguments alone.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Smooth function."
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Smooth muscle is is a type of muscle found in the walls of hollow organs such as blood vessels, the gastrointestinal tract, the bladder, and the uterus. Smooth muscle is not under voluntary control.Smooth muscle cells are joined to each other through gap junctions, and a wave of contraction is propagated slowly through the muscle.
- See also: muscle, skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
SMOOTH | English | Spectra Mode of Operation Through Hardware | Computing |
| SMA | English | Smooth muscle antibody | N/A |
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Synonyms: SmoothSynonyms: flowing (adj), fluent (adj), fluid (adj), legato (adj), liquid (adj), politic (adj), suave (adj), uncrannied (adj), unwrinkled (adj), polish (v), shine (v), smooth out (v), smoothen (v). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: flattest (food & agriculture, meteorology & standards). |
| Antonyms: crannied (adj), rough (adj), staccato (adj), roughen (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Facility | Manageable, wieldy; towardly, tractable; submissive; yielding, ductile; suant; pliant; (soft); glib, slippery; smooth; on friction wheels, on velvet. |
Render easy; Adjective: facilitate, smooth, ease; popularize; lighten, lighten the labor; free, clear; disencumber, disembarrass, disentangle, disengage; deobstruct, unclog, extricate, unravel; untie the knot, cut the knot; disburden, unload, exonerate, emancipate, free from, deoppilate; humor; (aid); lubricate; relieve. | |
Flattery | Adjective: flattering;Verb: adulatory; mealy-mouthed, honey-mouthed; honeyed; smooth, smooth-tongued; soapy, oily, unctuous, |
Horizontality | Adjective: horizontal, level, even, plane; flat; flat as a billiard table, flat as a bowling green; alluvial; calm, calm as a mill pond; smooth, smooth as glass. |
Moderation | Tranquilize, pacify, assuage, appease, swag, lull, soothe, compose, still, calm, calm down, cool, quiet, hush, quell, sober, pacify, tame, damp, lay, allay, rebate, slacken, smooth, alleviate, rock to sleep, deaden, smooth, throw cold water on, throw a wet blanket over, turn off; slake; curb; (restrain); tame; (subjugate); smooth over; pour oil on the waves, pour oil on the troubled waters; pour balm into, mattre de l'eau dans son vin. |
Adjective: moderate; lenient; gentle, mild, mellow; cool, sober, temperate, reasonable, measured; tempered; Verb: calm, unruffled, quiet, tranquil, still; slow, smooth, untroubled; tame; peaceful, peaceable; pacific, halcyon. | |
Texture | Rough, gritty; smooth. |
Uniformity | Render uniform, homogenize; Adjective: assimilate, level, smooth, dress. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Smooth |
| English words defined with "smooth": smooth alder, smooth earthball, Smooth file, smooth muscle cell. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "smooth": Endoplasmic Reticulum, Smooth ♦ smooth head, Smooth Muscle Tumor, smooth planed surface ♦ to smooth edges. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "smooth": Orotund. (references) |
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Screenplays | Here everything is soft and smooth. (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones; writing credit: George Lucas) Nice man, real smooth. (Black Hawk Down; writing credit: Ken Nolan) Well, we could smooth the head down to nothing, stick a pumpkin under it's arm and change the name to Icabod Crane (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) Guys get cheeks as smooth as the inside o' Sarah Elizabeth Murphy's left thigh (Ticket to Heaven; writing credit: Anne Cameron; Josh Freed) It's soooo smooth. (Dead Man on Campus; writing credit: Anthony Abrams; Adam Larson Broder) | |
Lyrics | 'Cause you're so smooth (Smooth; performing artist: SANTANA) A smooth criminal (Smooth Criminal; performing artist: Alien Ant Farm) Smooth operator (SMOOTH OPERATOR; performing artist: Sade; writing credit: Sade Adu and St. John) Touch of her skin feeling silky smooth, hey (Lady Marmalade; performing artist: Christina Aguilera) I wash my hair and I kid myself I look real smooth (Is She Really Going Out With Him?; performing artist: Joe Jackson) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Rough with the Smooth (1971) Smooth Sailing (1947) Pathé Manhattan Comedies: The Smooth Guy (1929) Smooth as Satin (1925) Pretty Smooth (1919) | |
Song Titles | Smooth Criminal (performing artist: Michael Jackson) Smooth Operator (performing artist: Sade) Smooth (performing artist: Santana featuring Rob Thomas) | |
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 | Line drawing showing the lining of the GI tract: colorectal (muscularis). The walls of the digestive tract have four layers of tissue: mucosa, submucosa, muscularis externa and serosa. The inner-most layer is the mucosa, a membrane that forms a continuous lining of the GI tract from the mouth to the anus. In the large bowel, this tissue contains cells that produce mucus to lubricate and protect the smooth inner surface of the bowel wall. Connective tissue and muscle separate the muscosa from the second layer, the submucosa, which contains blood vessels, lymph vessels, nerves and mucus-producing glands. Next to the submucosa is the muscularis externa, consisting of two layers of muscle fibers-one that runs lengthwise and one that encircles the bowel. The fourth layer, the serosa, is a thin membrane that produces fluid to lubricate the outer surface of the bowel so that it can slide against adjacent organs. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Six-step sequence of the death of a cancer cell. A cancer cell has migrated through the holes of a matrix coated membrane from the top to the bottom, simulating natural migration of a invading cancer cell between, and sometimes through, the vascular endothelium. Notice the spikes or pseudopodia that are characteristic of an invading cancer cell (1). A buffy coat containing red blood cells, lymphocytes and macrophages is added to the bottom of the membrane. A group of macrophages identify the cancer cell as foreign matter and start to stick to the cancer cell, which still has its spikes (2). Macrophages begin to fuse with, and inject its toxins into, the cancer cell. The cell starts rounding up and loses its spikes (3). As the macrophage cell becomes smooth (4). The cancer cell appears lumpy in the last stage before it dies. These lumps are actually the macrophages fused within the cancer cell (5). The cancer cell then loses its morphology, shrinks up and dies (6). Photo magnification: 1: x12,000; 2: x4,000; 3: x8,000; 4: x26,000; 5: x56,000; 6: x14,000. Credit: Susan Arnold (photographer). |
 | Illustration showing fuzzy mold colony (left lower) made up of branching filaments called hyphae (left upper); smooth yeast colony (right lower) made up of ovoid cells (right upper). Credit: CDC. |  | Brucella spp. Colony Characteristics: A. Fastidious, usually not visible at 24h. B. Grows slowly on most standard laboratory media (e.g. sheep blood, chocolate and trypticase soy agars). Pinpoint, smooth, entire translucent, non-hemolytic at 48h. Credit: CDC. |
 | Ridges, grooves, craters and smooth areas in the Uruk Sulcus region on Ganymede. Credit: NASA. |  | Monterey Bay Case Study - Photo #8 Upper Monterey Canyon as developed by multi-beam sounding systems Surveyed by NOAA Ships DAVIDSON, DISCOVERER, and SURVEYOR This was the smooth sheet for the first published NOAA multi-beam map. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | New land created by dredging operation behind temporary levee will be planted with Spartina alterniflora, smooth cordgrass, to form a new marsh area. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Birch Island glacial sculpted smooth rocky point with ospreys on pitch pine. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Working on a hydrographic survey smooth sheet on board the C&GS Ship BACHE in July 1916. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | A Nansen bottle coming out of the water on a nearly mirror smooth sea. Credit: Fisheries. |
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| "Smooth Colors" by Henrik Tibbing Commentary: "Smooth fading colors against bright background.. its a photo and not edited! ." | "Fallen leaves" by Jozsef Szoke Commentary: "Using flash this time - getting more smooth colors." |
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 | Smooth jazz genre piece in a medium tempo with muted guitar and strings. | | A smooth jazz piece with flute playing over a walking bass line. |
| A contemporary smooth jazz tune. | ||
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| Author | Quotation |
Author Unknown | Triumphs without difficulties are empty. Indeed; it is difficulties that make the triumph. It is no feat to travel the smooth road. |
E. H. Chapin | Those old ages are like the landscape that shows best in the purple distance, all verdant and smooth, and bathed in mellow light. |
Lord Byron | Keep thy smooth words and juggling homilies for those who know thee not. |
Lord Chesterfield | Manners must adorn knowledge, and smooth its way through the world. |
Rupert Brooke | The cool kindliness of sheets, that soon smooth away trouble; and the rough male kiss of blankets. |
Thomas Jefferson | Always take hold of things by the smooth handle. |
William Shakespeare | The path is smooth that leadeth on to danger. |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | All the rest, in speculation at least, was perfectly smooth. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The smooth surface of the meat was crinkling up and turning a faint brown |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | Another day Glumdalclitch left me on a smooth grass plot to divert myself while she walked at some distance with her governess |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | These small waves raised by the evening wind are as remote from storm as the smooth reflecting surface |
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Health | They relax smooth muscle and widen blood vessels. (references) | |
Smooth muscle disorders such as amyloidosis and scleroderma. (references) | ||
The vocal folds are two bands of smooth muscle tissue that lie opposite each other. (references) | ||
Business | This ensures smooth and noiseless motion of the glass and minimum power absorption. (references) | |
A web of strong personal relationships will help ensure smooth development of business in China. (references) | ||
Because of the lack of restriction, easy tele-electronic communications, and fluent use of English, banking relationships with the United States and Belgium are smooth. (references) | ||
Economic History | Hong Kong | Labor-management relations are generally smooth. (references) |
Sri Lanka | But the existing legislation hinders smooth re-organization. (references) | |
Trinidad | Political change has traditionally been smooth and democratic. (references) | |
Human Rights | Pakistan | President Musharraf appointed several persons with prominent NGO backgrounds to his Cabinet, and many NGO workers reported a smooth working relationship with the Government during the year. (references) |
Minorities | Japan | The Government defended its naturalization procedures as necessary to ensure the smooth assimilation of foreigners into society. (references) |
Political Economy | AUSTRIA | The Austrian government thus has a clear interest in maintaining close and smooth trade ties. (references) |
Trade | Japan | Correct packing, marking, and labeling are critical to smooth customs clearance in Japan. (references) |
El Salvador | Having introduced the U.S. dollar as legal tender in El Salvador as of January 1, 2001, the GOES is managing a smooth transition to a fully dollarized economy. (references) | |
Kenya | Although customs rules are still detailed and rigidly implemented, affecting smooth operations of such practices as manufacturing under bond (MUB), the GOK's gradual rationalization of import duties do make domestic businesses more competitive. (references) | |
Travel | Bangladesh | Foreign visitors often find that hosting meals for their Bangladeshi agents or business contacts helps to smooth business negotiations. (references) |
Azerbaijan | For start-up U.S. businesses that require reliable Internet contacts, it is best to order a dedicated ISDN line to ensure smooth communications. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | OLEAGINOUS, adj. Oily, smooth, sleek. Disraeli once described the manner of Bishop Wilberforce as "unctuous, oleaginous, saponaceous." And the good prelate was ever afterward known as Soapy Sam. For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies have only to find it. |
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Joe Esposito | Three days. But the thing about it, we all sat together and said, listen, this is going to be Elvis' last performance. Let's make sure it's a good one. And we all worked hard. It was amazing how smooth it went with all those people out there. |
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William H. Taft | 1909-1913 | We are charged with the sacred duty of making their path as smooth and easy as we can. |
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| "Smooth" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 89.71% of the time. "Smooth" is used about 3,164 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 89.71% | 2,838 | 3,260 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 7.01% | 222 | 20,237 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.25% | 103 | 32,137 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.03% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3,164 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "smooth": a smooth tongue ♦ american smooth dogfish ♦ as smooth as silk ♦ be in smooth water ♦ be smooth ♦ become smooth ♦ cut smooth ♦ dead smooth ♦ in smooth water ♦ make smooth ♦ one's course runs smooth ♦ perfectly smooth surface ♦ polish smooth ♦ quite smooth ♦ roll smooth ♦ run smooth ♦ smooth air ♦ smooth alder ♦ smooth as glass ♦ smooth as oil ♦ smooth as satin ♦ smooth as silk ♦ smooth aster ♦ smooth away ♦ smooth back ♦ smooth bark kauri ♦ smooth bore ♦ smooth breathing ♦ smooth crabgrass ♦ smooth darling pea ♦ smooth dogfish ♦ smooth down ♦ smooth earthball ♦ smooth face ♦ smooth file ♦ smooth green snake ♦ smooth hair ♦ smooth hammerhead ♦ smooth lip fern ♦ smooth log ♦ Smooth muscle ♦ smooth muscle cell ♦ Smooth Muscle Tumor ♦ smooth musculature ♦ smooth out ♦ smooth over ♦ smooth plane ♦ smooth planed surface ♦ smooth running ♦ smooth scroll ♦ smooth sea ♦ smooth shaven ♦ smooth skin ♦ smooth sledding ♦ smooth snake ♦ smooth softshell ♦ smooth sole ♦ smooth spoken ♦ smooth sumac ♦ smooth surface ♦ smooth talker ♦ smooth the bed of death ♦ smooth the ruffled brow of care ♦ smooth the way ♦ smooth things over ♦ smooth tongued ♦ smooth turbot ♦ smooth wavelets ♦ smooth winterberry holly ♦ smooth woodsia ♦ take the rough with the smooth ♦ to smooth ♦ to smooth edges. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "smooth": smooth-adaptation, smooth-barked, smooth-billed, smooth-bodied, smooth-bore, smooth-brained, Smooth-chinned, smooth-coated, smooth-edged, smooth-faced, smooth-featured, smooth-finish, smooth-floored, smooth-flowing, smooth-fronted, smooth-glazed, smooth-haired, smooth-haired fox terrier, smooth-leaved, smooth-leaved elm, smooth-limbed, smooth-looking, smooth-muscle, smooth-passing, smooth-phrased, smooth-riding, smooth-running, smooth-shaped, smooth-shaven, smooth-shelled, smooth-sided, smooth-skinned, smooth-skulled, smooth-soled, smooth-sounding, smooth-spinning, smooth-spoken, smooth-stemmed, smooth-striding, smooth-surfaced, smooth-talk, smooth-talkers, smooth-talking, smooth-textured, smooth-toned, smooth-tongued, smooth-trowelled, smooth-walled. | |
Ending with "smooth": satin-smooth, silk-smooth, super-smooth. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
smooth jazz | 666 | alien ant criminal farm lyrics smooth | 41 |
smooth | 623 | smooth operator | 41 |
smooth criminal | 420 | smooth shave | 40 |
smooth pussy | 117 | smooth jazz radio station | 39 |
smooth boy | 101 | smooth muscle | 37 |
smooth treadmill | 99 | santana smooth | 36 |
magazine smooth | 97 | 106.5 jazz smooth | 36 |
smooth nudist | 95 | lyrics roscoe sailin smooth | 36 |
smooth fox terrier | 78 | nice and smooth | 34 |
smooth jazz radio | 74 | smooth groove | 34 |
nude smooth | 72 | lyrics smooth | 33 |
nudists smooth | 71 | rock pete cl smooth | 31 |
naturist smooth | 69 | smooth man | 31 |
criminal lyrics smooth | 68 | lyrics santana smooth | 28 |
smooth collie | 63 | cut smooth | 28 |
naturists smooth | 54 | roscoe sailin smooth | 28 |
smooth skin | 52 | 107.5 jazz smooth | 27 |
105.9 jazz smooth | 50 | silky smooth | 27 |
smooth twinks | 46 | michael jackson smooth criminal | 26 |
smooth leg | 42 | smooth sailing | 25 |
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| Language | Translations for "smooth"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | sheshoj (flatten, iron out, level, plaster, press out, smooth out), zdrugoj (skunk, whop), zbut (allay, amortise, amortize, appease, assuage, attenuate, break, calm, chasten, commute, daunt, disarm, ease, extenuate, malaxate, manage, melt, mince, mitigate, moderate, modify, mollify, palatalize, palliate, propitiate, qualify, reclaim, relax, relieve, soften, soothe, subdue, tame, temper, tenderize, tone down), lëmoj (burnish, civilize, clean, dub, even, finish, grind, pet, polish), i sheshtë (even, flat, level, tabular), i qetë (at ease, balanced, calm, canny, collected, comfortable, comfy, composed, cool, cool-headed, dispassionate, easeful, equable, even, even-minded, halcyon, laid back, level, level headed, mild, noiseless, orderly, Pacific, passionless, peaceable, peaceful, placid, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, retired, secure, sedate, self possessed, serene, settled, silent, sober-blooded, stationary, still, stilly, tranquil, unconcern, unconcerned, uneventful, unruffled), i patrazuar (comfortable, comfy, heart-whole, imperturbable, laid back, level, peaceful, placid, unabashed, unadulterated, unblended, unconcerned, undigested, unperturbed), i lëmuar (ganoid, glace, glib, highbred, nice, polished, polite, refined, sleek, sleeken, sleeky, slick, smooth-faced, soft, unruffled, waxy, well mannered), i këndshëm (agreeable, beauteous, beautiful, delectable, delicious, dreamy, dulcet, entertaining, funny, good, good humoured, good tempered, good-humored, goodly, graceful, gracious, grateful, handsome, jocose, jocund, jolly, likable, likeable, lovely, nice, palatable, piquant, pleasant, pretty, Savory, savoury, soft, sweet, sympathetic), hekuros (iron, press), butë (flabbily, indulgent, lightly, piano, soft), ëmbël (gentle, soft, sweet, sweetly, tender). (various references) | |
Arabic | نظم الأمور, أصبح أملس, أزال (abstract, assuage, ax, axe, bulldoze, clear, clear away, declassify, dismantle, dispel, eliminate, enucleate, eviscerate, excise, obliterate, preclude, put aside, relieve, remove, rest, retrench, rid, rub, rub out, settle, slip, stave off, suppress, take away), أملس (downy, lubricious, sleek, slick, soapy, unctuous, unruffled), امرد (glabrous, hairless), صقل (buff, buffer, burn, burnish, cultivate, enamel, furbish, gloss, glossiness, grind, lacquer, perfect, planish, plume, polish, refine, rumble, scour, shine, sleek, stone), عذب (agonize, agreeable, bedevil, benign, charming, chasten, crucify, devil, dulcet, freshen, grilled, harrow, harry, hearty, leisurely, liquid, murder, palmy, persecute, pillory, plague, quiet, rack, rack one's brains, scourge, silken, silky, sleek, smite, smooth spoken, soft, suave, sweet, sympathetic, tantalize, tease, tender, torment, torture, wrench, wring), سوى (accommodate, adjust, but, compose, compound, dispose, equalize, equate, even, flatten, normalize, patch, regularize, settle, straighten), سوي (normal, regular, right, square, straight), سهل (ease, ease off, easy, even, expedite, facilitate, favor, favour, flat, frail, get-at-able, plain, quite simple, simple, slick, soft), تمليس, رقيق (aerial, affectionate, airy, angelic, bland, bleeding heart, dainty, delicate, feminine, filmy, fine, flimsy, fluffy, fragile, frothy, gauzy, gentle, gingerly, gossamery, gracious, hearty, kind hearted, kindly, lovely, mellow, mincing, nice, orchidaceous, pastel, photogenic, piano, quiet, refined, romance, sharp, sloppy, soft-hearted, suave, subtle, sugary, superfine, tender, tenuous, thin, thinning, tilery, trick, warm, watery), لطيف (affable, agreeable, amiable, benign, bland, charming, civil, civilized, complaisance, complaisant, courteous, courtly, decent, delicate, fair, fair-spoken, fine, friendly, genial, gentle, good natured, gracious, handsome, kind, kindly, light, mild, nice, pet, pleasant, polite, poppet, pretty, refreshing, soft, suave, sweet, tender, tenuous, thin, urbane), سهل (easy, soft, to make easy), ناعم (cosiness, delicate, downy, fine, gentle, glace, mellow, neat, on velvet, powdery, silken, silky, soft, springy, squashy, tender, velvet, velvety), هدأ (allay, appease, assuage, attemper, becalm, calm, calm down, cool, die down, dust, ease, hush, keep quiet, lull, moderate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, quench, quieten, relieve, rest, salve, settle, settle down, simmer, sober, soothe, stay, steady, still, subside, supple, sweeten, tranquillize), مريح (agreeable, calming, comfort, comfortable, convenient, cosy, easeful, easy, easygoing, refreshing, relaxing, restful, snug, soothing), مصقول (brushed up, buffed, burnished, cultivated, furbished, glazed, glossed, lustered, polished, refined, scoured, smoothed, suave), متملق (blandly, coaxing, courtly, fawning, ingratiating, insinuating, oily, oleaginous, slimy, soapy, unctuous, wheedling), ملاسة, ملس (plume, roll, sleek, smoothie, stroke), ملس القماش, مهد (bed, cradle, even, flat, flatten, grade, level, pave, plane, roll), ممهد (flat), لطف (affableness, allay, alleviate, amenity, amiability, appease, assuage, attemper, attenuate, benignity, civility, courtesy, ease, extenuate, friendliness, geniality, gentleness, kindness, lighten, mildness, mitigate, moderate, modify, mollify, palliate, politeness, qualify, quell, relax, relieve, soften, softness, soothe, suavity, sweeten, temper, tone down, urbanity). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | нестипчив, пивък (light, mellow, palatable, suave), плавно (flowingly, fluently, trippingly), приглаждам (sleek, slick), премахвам (cut out, delete, do away, do away with, eliminate, eradicate, kill, level, make away with, obviate, put down, remove, rid, rip out, undo), лицемерен (canting, double faced, false, hypocritical, jesuitic, jesuitical, pharisaic, simon-pure, smooth spoken, smooth tongued, smooth-faced), ласкателен (adulatory, buttery, flattering, honeyed, honey-mouthed, oily, well oiled), лесен (easy, effortless, facile, liveable, potty, ready, ready made, runaway, simple, snap, soft), изглаждам (adjust, atone, calender, face, file, iron out, level, make up, patch, patch up, plane, planish, polish, polish up, press out, reconcile, sleek, slick, smarm, sponge out), любезен (accommodating, affable, agreeable, amiable, bland, complaisant, courteous, debonair, fair, fair-spoken, friendly, gentle, gracious, kind, mellow, nice, obliging, pleasant, polite, smooth spoken, smooth tongued, smooth-faced, soft spoken, urbane, well spoken), уравновесен (balanced, equable, equal, equiponderant, even, even tempered, even-minded, level, level headed, sedate, settled, sober minded, well balanced), гладко (evenly, fluently, levelly, without a hitch), гладък (clean, even, facile, flat, fluent, fluid, glace, level, lubricous, round, satiny, sleek, slick, unctuous, unruffled), шлифовам (cut, lap, planish, polish, varnish), равен (concurrent, equal, even, fellow, flat, flush, level, like, on a par with, peer, stricken, tantamount), спокоен (arcadian, calm, clear, collected, contented, cool, dreamy, easeful, easy, equable, equal, even tempered, even-minded, halcyon, immovable, impassive, imperturbable, leisurely, level, nerveless, peaceful, philosophical, piping, placid, quiet, reposeful, restful, secure, sedate, self possessed, self-collected, settled, soft, staid, steady, steady-going, still, stirless, unalarmed, unbuttoned, unconcerned, undisturbed, uneventful, unflappable, unmolested, unruffled, untroubled), спокойно (calmly, easy, evenly, gently, leisurely, quiet, quietly), улеснявам (facilitate, favour, grease, settle, tide), лъскам (brighten, furbish, glance, gloss, grind, polish, satin, scour, shine, varnish). (various references) | |
Catalan | llis (even, flat, level). (various references) | |
Chinese | 光滑 (glossy, sleek). (various references) | |
Czech | zmírnit (allay, alleviate, break, cushion, deaden, defuse, dilute, ease, extenuate, loosen, mitigate, palliate, relieve, remit, slacken, soften, soothe, subdue, temper, tone down, understate), vláèný, uhladit (flatten, polish, sleek, slick), pravidelný (normal, orderly, periodic, periodical, regular, routine, steady), příjemný (agreeable, congenial, dulcet, engaging, enjoyable, good, jolly, neighborly, nice, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, Savory, snug, suave, sweet, winning, winsome), ohoblovat (shave off), klidný (calm, collected, composed, cool, easy, halcyon, impassive, imperturbable, laid back, Pacific, peaceable, peaceful, placid, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, restful, secure, sedate, self possessed, serene, silent, sober, still, temperate, tranquil, uneventful, unmoved, unperturbed), hladký (even, facile, glassy, round, soft, straight, unlined, unruffled), hladce vyholený, hebký (creamy, downy, furry, soft), bezproblémový, úlisný (honeyed, honied, ingratiating, mealy mouthed, sleek, smarmy, smooth-faced). (various references) | |
Danish | glat (flat, plain, silky, unctuous), flad (even, flat, level). (various references) | |
Dutch | vlak (even, exactly, flat, level, sharp), glad (slippery), effen (academic, even, flat, level). (various references) | |
Esperanto | glatigi (make smooth), glata, ebena (even, flat, level). (various references) | |
Faeroese | slættur (even, flat, level), javnur (even, flat, level), hálur. (various references) | |
Farsi | صیقلی (Glossy, Levigate, Reflective, Shiny, Sleek, Slight), بی تکان , بی مو (Hairless), دلنواز, روان (Cursive, Easy, Fluent, Ghost, Glib, Handy, Liquid, Psyche, Spirit, Versatile, Voluble), روان کردن , ارام کردن (Acquiesce, Allay, Alleviate, Appease, Assuage, Conciliate, Cool, Gentle, Lull, Pacify, Placate, Quiet, Silence, Solace, Still), صاف شدن (Fine), بدون اشکال بودن , صافکاری کردن , ملایم شدن , سطح صاف (Slick), سلیس (Easy, Fluent, Glib, Liquid, Versatile, Voluble), تسکین دادن (Appease, Mitigate, Pacify, Palliate, Placate, Propitiate, Quell, Salve), قسمت صاف هرچیز, نرم (Downy, Effeminate, Fine, Floppy, Levigate, Limber, Lithe, Mellow, Plastic, Pliant, Silken, Silky, Sleek, Slick, Soft, Spongy, Suave, Supple, Tractable, Velvet), هموار (Even, Flat, Level, Plain, Plane, Tabulate), ملایم (Benign, Bland, Breezy, Clement, Downy, Easy, Equable, Gentle, Kindly, Lenient, Meek, Mild, Moderate, Sedate, Soft, Suave), صاف کردن (Clear, Even, Face, Fine, Hone, Pave, Percolate, Perk, Plane, Serene, Sleek, Strain, Unwrap, Urbanize). (various references) | |
Finnish | tasoittaa (equalize, even, level, make even, round balance, trim), tasainen (even, flat, level, steady, uniform), sileä (even, sleek). (various references) | |
French | lisse, uni, plat, polir, lisser. (various references) | |
Frisian | glêd, flak (even, flat, level). (various references) | |
German | glatt (bland, clean, completely, cool, direct, downright, even, flat, flatly, glib, glibby, glossy, level, outright, plain, polished, really, sheer, silken, silky, sleek, slick, slickly, slippery, smoothly, suave, unruffled, waveless), glätten (even, face, iron, make smooth, neaten, plane, polish, polish up, sleek, smooth away, smooth out, straight out, to smooth), glattstreichen (smooth down, to smooth down), eben (even, exactly, flat, just, just now, level, now, planar, plane, precisely, simply). (various references) | |
Greek | λειαίνω (abrade, planish, sleek, slick, surface), λείος (sleek). (various references) | |
Hebrew | חלק (blank, even, fate, flat, fraction, glace, installment, level, lot, part, partition, portion, section, share, slick, soft). (various references) | |
Hungarian | simán (glibly, sleekly, slick, smoothly). (various references) | |
Indonesian | papak (flat, level), merata (be spread evenly, prevalent), menggampangkan (facilitate, take lightly), mencanai (make even), angler (quiet). (various references) | |
Irish | réidh (ready; smooth). (various references) | |
Italian | piano (arrangement, deck, design, even, flat, floor, gently, in a low voice, level, level land, map, piano, plain, plan, plane, plot, project, schedule, scheme, shallow, slow, storey, story, tabulate, tier), liscio (bald, glib, lank, makeup, neat, plain, simple, sleek, slick, smoothly, straightforward, swimmingly, undeluted), levigare (flatten, polish, rub down, sand), spianare (flatten, level, make level, plane, rase, raze, roll out, smooth out, surface). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 平ら (calm, flatness, level, plain, sitting tailor fashion). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たいら (calm, flatness, level, plain, sitting tailor fashion), つるつる (slippery), スムーズ , スムース , へいかつ (even, flat, level). (various references) | |
Korean | 매끄러운 (silken, silky, sleek, slick). (various references) | |
Manx | smoodal (calender, iron, ironing, smooth over, smoothing), shliawinagh (insinuating), shliawin (insidious, lubricated, skiddy, sleek, slippery, smooth-faced, soapy), reajagh (correct, discreet, orderly), rea (clear, clear as water, continuously, easy of manner, facile, flat, horizontal, level, male sheep, plain, plane, ram, regularly, sleek, steady, tup; even), meeley (bland, delicate, fine, fine to touch, mangling, moisten, soft, soft-spoken, yielding), meein (bland, clement, fine, gentle, Halcyon days, pet, silky, soft, tame not wild; assuage pain; small ground, tame; assuage; small ground), jannoo rea (level, level up, sleek). (various references) | |
Norwegian | flat (even, flat, level). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oothsmay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | liso (even-minded, flat, glossy, hard-up, lank, level, plain, plane, sleek, sleeky, slick, unruffled), polir (basil, brighten, burnish, furbish, glass, gloss, grind, lap, make smooth, planish, refine, rub, scour, scrape, sleek, spall, varnish), alisar (basil, comb, dab, dub, fettle, grind, level, make smooth, planish, preen, prink, rake, rake up, scrape, smarm), polido (attentive, cleanly cut, courtly, gentle, glossy, mannerly, neat, net, polished, polite, precise, shiny, sleek, sleeky, specular, urbane, well-bred, well-spoken), plano (cadre, champaign, concoction, design, designing, device, diagram, dodge, dodgery, draught, even, flat, frame, framing, game, groundwork, idea, layout, level, line, plain, plan, plane, project, proposition, scheme, smattering, surface, system). (various references) | |
Romanian | statornic (abiding, constant, constantly, durable, lasting, permanently, rigid, settled, stable, steadfast, steadfastly, unchanging, unfailing), chel (bald, bald-headed, hairless, pilgarlic, scalpless), îndulci (alleviate, break, delight, dulcify, mellow, modify, palliate, satisfy, soften, sugar, sweeten, tame), fluent (flowing, fluent, fluently, glib), finisa (dress, face, finalize, finish, polish up), egal (coequal, commensurate, coordinate, equal, equally, even, even tempered, evenly, fellow, identic, identical, level, match, peer, proportionate, regular, Square, unchangeable, uniform), dulce (amorously, benign, bland, candied, charming, dear, dessert, dulcet, flattering, fresh, genial, gentle, gently, honeyed, lovable, luscious, melliferous, mellow, melodious, slack, soft, suave, sugared, sweet, sweetly, sweets, tender, winning), dezmierda (blandish, caress, chuck, cosher, cosset, delight, divert, flatter, fondle, pet, stroke), descreţi, constant (abiding, constant, firm, permanent, steadfast, steady, unchanging, unfailing, uniform), linişti (abate, appease, assuage, attemper, becalm, calm, cease, comfort, compose, ease, hush, mitigate, mollify, pacify, quiet, quieten, reassure, recompose, rest, salve, serene, settle, smooth down, soothe, still), calma (allay, appease, becalm, calm, chasten, compose, ease, kill, mollify, pacify, quiet, salve, settle, smooth down, sober, soften, soothe, steady, still, temper, tranquillize), calm (calm, calmly, calmness, collected, collectedness, composed, composure, cool, coolness, dispassionate, easily, easy, equal, equanimity, even, even tempered, evenness, genial, halcyon, lull, passionless, peace, peaceful, peacefully, phlegmatic, placid, placidity, poise, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, sedate, serene, serenity, silence, sober, sobriety, still, temper, tranquil, tranquillity, unhurried, unruffled, untroubled), cãlca (break, calender, foot, go, hot-press, infringe, iron, mangle, press, step, tread, trespass, violate), şlefui (abrade, file, furbish, grind, lap, mill, rough), ascunde (cloak, conceal, Cork, cover, curtain, cushion, disguise, dissemble, ensconce, enwrap, hide, hood, hugger mugger, keep away, keep back, mask, put away, put by, screen, secrete, shroud, tuck, tuck away, veil, wrap), aplana (accommodate, adjust, arrange, compose, fix up, make up, patch up, settle, stay), înveseli (amuse, cheer, deck, divert, elevate, enliven, exhilarate, gladden, jazz up, joy, liven, rejoice), întins (broad, even, expanse, expansion, expansive, extensive, flat, flatly, large, lengthy, mighty, open, outspread, prone, recumbent, spacious, sprawling, strained, stretched, supine, taut, tense, vast), cu calm (composedly), netezi (arrange, dress, edge, flatten, grade, iron, plane, satinize, sleek, smooth down, Square, stroke, tabulate, trim), regulat (equable, even, harmonious, legitimate, normal, orderly, ordinary, regular, regularly, rhythmic, rhythmical, staple, steady), potrivi (accommodate, accord, adapt, adjust, arrange, correct, dovetail, fit, fit in, match, put, reconcile, rectify, register, regulate, reset, shape, Square, trim, trim in), potoli (becalm, compromise, dulcify, dull, hush, lighten, lull, mollify, quench, quiet, reassure, relieve, slack, slake, smooth down, sober, solace, stay, still, subdue, suppress, sweeten, temper, tranquillize), poliza (face, grind), pleşuv (bald, bald-headed, bare, barren, hairless), plana (fly, hover, sail, soar, volplane), plãcut (agreeable, cheerful, comely, dulcet, fine, genial, genially, gladsome, good, goodly, grateful, gratefully, gratifying, handsome, homey, kindly, likable, listenable, merry, neat, nice, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, snug, sweet), liber (at a loose end, at large, at leisure, autonomous, available, bast, bondless, clear, disengaged, easily, empty, fetterless, free, go-as-you-please, gracious, gratis, informal, leisured, loose, loosely, naked, odd, off, off duty, open, spontaneous, unchecked, uncombined, unconstrained, unengaged, unhampered, unhindered, unoccupied, unreserved, vacant, void), nivela (equalize, flatten, level, level away, scrape), lin (flowing, gentle, mild, quiet, slowly, smoothly, soft, sweet, tench), neted (clear, even, evenly, flat, flush, lank, level ground, plain, plane, polished, sleek, slick, smooth-faced, smoothly), moale (apathetic, apathetical, doughy, flabby, flexible, invertebrate, languid, languidly, lax, light, limp, limply, mellow, mild, milk and water, pillowy, pulpy, silky, slack, slacky, sloppy, soft, supine, tame, tender, thawy, velvety, weak, yielding), mieros (cajoling, greasy, honeyed, ingratiating, oilily, oily, silky, sleek, smooth-faced, soapy, sugary, unctuous), mãtãsos (silken, silky, velvety), mângâietor (comfortable, comforter, comforting, softening), mângâia (caress, chuck, chuckle, comfort, cosset, delight, fondle, pander to, Pat, pet, relieve, solace, soothe, stroke), lins (lank, lanky, liched, lick, licking, sleek, smoothed), liniştit (breathless, calm, calmly, comfortable, composed, cool, dead, dispassionate, easy, even, gentle, gently, gently-sloping, halcyon, imperturbable, in comfortable circumstances, mild, noiseless, orderly, Pacific, passive, peaceable, peaceful, peacefully, placid, placidly, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, restful, secure, sedate, serene, silent, slow, sober, soft, still, tranquil, unabashed, unruffled, untroubled), omogen (homogene, homogeneal, homogeneous, unitary). (various references) | |
Russian | успокаивать (allay, appease, assuage, becalm, calm, calm down, conciliate, hush, mince, mollify, pacify, quiet, quiet down, quieted, quieten, quieting, reassure, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), уравнивать (equalize, equate, even), сглаживать (downplay, even, iron out, level), ровный (equable, even, even temper, flat, level), ровно (even, evenly, exactly, flat, level, sharp), разглаживать гладкий (smoothed), шлифовать (abrade, file), гладко (sleekly, smoothly, swimmingly), гладкий (clean, even, glace, glassy, glib, lank, level, lubricous, sleek, sleeken, sleeky, slick, unruffled), бесперебойный (continuous), приглаживать (sleeks). (various references) | |
Scottish | sleamhuinn (slimy, slippery), slìom (deceitful, sleek), réidh (arranged, level, plain, ready, uninterrupted), liosraig, lìomh (polish), ciùin (mild, peaceful, placid, vn. become quiet; become calm). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ugladiti (smooth out, trim), uglađen (genteel, polished, polite, refined, sleek, slick, suave, trim), miran (calm, composed, douce, halcyon, orderly, peaceful, placid, quiet, reposeful, restful, still, stilly, tranquil), milozvučan (dulcet, euphonious, mellifluent, mellifluous, melodious, orotund, tuneful), glatko (glibly, smoo |
