SMOOTH

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English smothe, from Old English smōth; akin to Old Saxon smōthi ~ Date: before 12th century 1. a. having a continuous even surface, being the representation of a function with a continuous first derivative, having or being a short even coat of hair , being without hair, glabrous , causing no resistance to sliding, free from difficulties or impediments , even and uninterrupted in flow or flight, excessively and often artfully suave ; ingratiating , 5. serene , equable , amiable , courteous , 6. not sharp or harsh , free from lumps, see: level ~ adverb ~ly adverb ~ness noun II. verb (~ed; ~ing; ~s; also ~es) Date: 15th century transitive verb to make ~, 2. to free from what is harsh or disagreeable ; polish , soothe , to minimize (as a fault) especially in order to allay anger or ill will , to free from obstruction or difficulty , 5. to press flat , to remove expression from (one's face) ; compose , to cause to lie evenly and in order ; preen , to free (as a graph or data) from irregularities, intransitive verb to become ~, ~er noun III. noun Date: 15th century a ~ part, the act of ~ing, a ~ing implement