smooth

adj 1: 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" [ant: {rough}]

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 [syn: {politic}, {suave}]

3: (botany) of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into

teeth [ant: {rough}]

4: not marked with wrinkles; "unwrinkled cheeks" [syn: {unwrinkled}]

5: smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth

stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of

a ballerina"; "liquid prose" [syn: {flowing}, {fluent}, {fluid},

{liquid}]

6: (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected;

"a legato passage" [syn: {legato}] [ant: {staccato}]

7: without chinks or crannies [syn: {uncrannied}] [ant: {crannied}]

8: lacking obstructions or difficulties; "the bill's path

through the legislature was smooth and orderly"

n : the act of smoothing; "he gave is hair a quick smooth"

v 1: make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing; "smooth the

surface of the wood" [syn: {smoothen}] [ant: {roughen}]

2: of surfaces; "shine the silver, please"; "shine my shoes"

[syn: {polish}, {smoothen}, {shine}]

3: free from obstructions; "smooth the way towards peace

negociations" [syn: {smooth out}]