- smooth
- smooth1 [ smuð ] adjective **▸ 1 even▸ 2 well controlled▸ 3 drink: not bitter▸ 4 without problems▸ 5 relaxed/confident1. ) completely even with no rough areas or lumps:A baby's skin is as smooth as silk.─ opposite ROUGH2. ) a smooth ride in a vehicle does not shake or frighten you:a smooth flight/voyage/ridea ) a smooth movement is easy and well controlled:With a smooth swing, he hit the ball.3. ) a smooth drink or flavor is not too strong or bitter, and tastes good:a smooth whiskey4. ) causing no difficulty, problems, or delays:a smooth process/businessWe are changing systems, but we expect a smooth transition.a ) smooth sailing AMERICAN progress of a plan without difficulty or problems5. ) relaxed and confident in a way that usually persuades people to do things. This word shows that you do not trust people like this:Steven's a little too smooth if you ask me.a smooth operator (=someone you cannot trust)smoothsmooth 2 [ smuð ] verb transitive *1. ) to move your hand across the surface of something until it is flat and even:smooth down/out: Frances sat smoothing her skirt down over her knees.smooth back: Seeing her, he quickly smoothed back his hair.a ) to SAND the surface of something to make it flat and even2. ) to carefully spread a substance over a surface:Anne bathed the baby and gently smoothed cream into his skin.smooth someone's ruffled feathersto try to make someone who feels offended less angrysmooth the path/way (for)to remove problems so that something can be achieved easily:The talks are intended to smooth the way for a settlement.,smooth `over phrasal verb transitiveto make a problem seem less serious:He's trying to smooth over differences between the two leaders.
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.