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==English==
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===Alternative forms===
* {{l|en|smeeth}} {{qualifier|dialectal}}
* {{sense|verb, archaic}} {{l|en|smoothe}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|smothe}}, {{m|enm|smethe}}, from {{inh|en|ang|smēþe}}, {{m|ang|smōþ}}, both from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*smanþī}}, of unknown origin. Cognate with {{cog|sco|smuith|t=smooth}}, {{cog|nds|smood}} and {{m|nds|smödig|t=smooth, malleable, ductile}}, {{cog|nl|smeuïg|t=smooth}} (from earlier ''smeudig'').

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/smuːð/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-smooth.ogg|a=US}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-smooth.wav}}
* {{rhymes|en|uːð|s=1}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj|er}}

# Having a texture that lacks [[friction]]. Not [[rough]].
#* {{RQ:Du Fresnoy Dryden Painting|passage=The outlines must be '''smooth''', {{...}}imperceptible to the touch, and even, without eminence or cavities.}}
#* {{RQ:Chambers Younger Set|IX|passage=“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and '''smooth''' of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable,{{nb...}}.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2005|author=Lesley Brown|title=Sophist|page=[[w:Stephanus pagination|229e]]|by=w:Plato|passage=Teaching that’s done by talking seems to have one rough path and another part which is '''smoother'''.}}
# Without [[difficulty]], [[problems]], or [[unexpected]] consequences or incidents.
#: {{ux|en|We hope for a '''smooth''' transition to the new system.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=2011|author=Phil McNulty|work=BBC|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/15195384.stm|title=Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England|passage=England's path to Poland and Ukraine next summer looked to be a '''smooth''' one as goals from Ashley Young and Darren Bent gave them a comfortable lead after 31 minutes.}}
# [[bland|Bland]]; [[glib]].
#* {{RQ:Addison Cato|scene=i|passage=This '''smooth''' discourse and mild behavior oft / Conceal a traitor.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1912|author=w:Gustavus Myers|title=[http://books.google.com/books?id=Mt89AAAAIAAJ History of the Supreme Court of the United States]|page=133|passage=This feeling, grounded on the experience of centuries of oppression, was not to be allayed by '''smooth''' explanations on the part of the advocates of the Constitution.}}
# Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; fluent.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1670|author=John Milton|title=The History of Britain
|passage=the only '''smooth''' poet of those times}}
#* {{RQ:Pope Horace|title=Book 2, Epistle 1|page=16|passage=[[w:Edmund Waller|VValler]] vvas '''ſmooth'''; but [[w:John Dryden|Dryden]] taught to join / The varying verſe, the full reſounding line, / The long majetſic march, and energy divine.}}
#* {{RQ:John Gay Fan|page=23|passage=VVhen bright ''{{w|Minerva}}'' roſe, / From her ſvveet Lips '''ſmooth''' Elocution flovvs, {{...}}}}
# [[suave|Suave]]; [[sophisticated]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2003|author=T. Lewis Humphrey|isbn=0595272606|title=[http://books.google.com/books?id=vjavgdWaY8kC The Price of Love]|page=279|passage=He was so '''smooth''' and handsome. He knew just what to say and when to say it.}}
# {{lb|en|of an action}} [[natural|Natural]]; [[unconstrained]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2006|author=Mary Kay Moskal; Camille Blachowicz|title=[http://books.google.com/books?id=ZHWaNQqTMLwC Reading for Fluency]|isbn=1593852649|page=3|passage=In order for a reading to be '''smooth''' and effortless, readers must be able to recognize and read words accurately, automatically, and quickly.}}
# {{lb|en|of a motion}} [[unbroken|Unbroken]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1927|author=United States {{w|National Guard Bureau}}|title=[http://books.google.com/books?id=uwxIAAAAIAAJ Manual of Basic Training and Standards of Proficiency for the National Guard]|page=181|passage=Demonstrate first by the numbers and then as one '''smooth''' movement.}}
# {{lb|en|chiefly|of water}} [[placid|Placid]], calm.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1898|author={{w|John D. Ford|John Donaldson Ford}}|title=[http://books.google.com/books?id=5G5CAAAAIAAJ An American Cruiser in the East]|page=47|passage=As we worked to the southward, we picked up fair weather, and enjoyed '''smooth''' seas and pleasant skies.}}
# {{lb|en|of an edge}} [[lack|Lacking]] [[projection]]s or [[indentation]]s; not [[serrated]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1994|author=Robert E. Swanson|isbn=0801845564|title=[http://books.google.com/books?id=0wxY2k8TS_wC A Field Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of the Southern Appalachians]|page=8|passage=A leaf having a '''smooth''' margin, without teeth or indentations of any kind, is called entire.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1997|author=Christopher Dickey|isbn=0684842009|title=[http://books.google.com/books?id=qpdZZ9y9DxUC Innocent Blood: A Novel]|page=91
|passage=Out of the handles flipped the '''smooth''' blade and the serrated blade, which was dangerously sharp, the flathead screwdrivers, the Phillips screwdriver, the can opener, the awl.}}
# {{lb|en|of food or drink}} Not [[grainy]]; having an [[even]] texture.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1997|author=Lou Seibert Pappas|isbn=0811815730|title=[http://books.google.com/books?id=MQ7gxYAz0OoC Sorbets and Ice Creams]|page=19
|passage=A compact and stylish design, it produces 1 generous quart of excellent, '''smooth''' ice cream in 20 to 25 minutes.}}
# {{lb|en|of a beverage}} Having a [[pleasant]]ly [[rounded]] flavor; neither [[rough]] nor [[astringent]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2002|author=Candace Irvin|isbn=0373079362|title=[http://books.google.com/books?id=gfFrU4YJ-8oC For His Eyes Only]|page=9|passage=The coffee was '''smooth''', so smooth she took another sip.}}
# {{lb|en|mathematics|of a function}} Having [[derivative]]s of all [[finite]] [[order]]s at all points within the function’s [[domain]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2003|author=Eric W. Weisstein|isbn=1584883472|title=[http://books.google.com/books?id=taoW6K3sFfUC& CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics]|page=419|passage=Any ANALYTIC FUNCTION is '''smooth'''. But a smooth function is not necessarily analytic.}}
# {{lb|en|math|of a number}} That [[factor]]s completely into small [[prime number]]s.
# {{lb|en|linguistics|classical studies|of a vowel}} Lacking marked [[aspiration]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1830|author=Benjamin Franklin Fisk|title=[http://books.google.com/books?id=_rQRAAAAIAAJ A Grammar of the Greek Language]|page=5|passage={{m|grc||Οὐ|tr=-}} becomes {{m|grc||οὐκ|tr=-}} before a '''smooth''' vowel, and {{m|grc||οὐχ|tr=-}} before an aspirate.}}
# {{lb|en|of muscles|medicine}} Involuntary and [[non-]][[striated]].

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|having a texture lacking friction}} {{l|en|even}}
* {{sense|without difficulty or problems}} {{l|en|fluid}}

====Antonyms====
* {{l|en|rough}}
* {{l|en|uneven}}
* {{l|en|bumpy}}

====Derived terms====
{{der4|en|smooth cordgrass|smooth newt
|besmooth
|nonsmoothness|smooth loofah|smooth talker
|smooth breathing|smooth leatherjacket
|smooth collie
|smooth hound
|smooth jazz
|smooth muscle
|smooth number|smooth alder|smooth azalea|smooth green snake
|smooth operator
|smooth-running
|smooth sailing
|smoothen
|smoothie
|smoothly
|smoothness
|smooth-spoken
|smooth-tongued
|a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor|buttery smooth|silky smooth|smooth as a baby's bottom|smooth as butter|smooth as oil|smooth as silk|smooth brain|smooth brome|smooth call|smooth clam|smooth fox terrier|smooth function|smooth handfish|smooth manifold|smooth mudalia|smooth snake|smooth sole|smooth talk|smooth talking|smooth-brained|smooth-talk|smooth-talking|take the rough with the smooth|the course of true love never did run smooth}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|lacking friction, not rough}}
* Amharic: {{t|am|ለስላሳ}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|نَاعِم}}, {{t|ar|أَمْلَس}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|مالس|tr=mālis}}, {{t|arz|ناعم|tr=nāʕim}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|հարթ}}, {{t+|hy|ողորկ}}
* Aromanian: {{t|rup|buimatcu}}, {{t|rup|duzi}}, {{t|rup|ischiu}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|llisu}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|hamar}}, {{t|az|rəvan}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|гла́дкі}}
* Bhojpuri: {{t|bho|चिकन}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|гла́дък}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|ချော}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|llis}}
* Chamicuro: {{t|ccc|pya'sino}}
* Chechen: {{t|ce|шера}}
* Cherokee: {{t|chr|ᎤᏩᎾᏕᏍᎩ}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|平滑|tr=pínghuá}}, {{t+|cmn|光滑|tr=guānghuá, guānghua}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{t|crh|tegiz}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|hladký|m}}
* Dalmatian: {{t|dlm|lois}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|glat}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|glad}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|glata}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|sile}}
* Even: {{t|eve|булдути}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|sileä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|lisse}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|lis}}, {{t|fur|vualîf}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|liso}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|გლუვი}}
* German: {{t+|de|glatt}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|λείος|m}}, {{t+|el|απαλός|m}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|λεῖος}}, {{t|grc|λισσός}}
* Guaraní: {{t|gn|[[sỹi]]}}
* Hawaiian: {{t|haw|paheʻe}} {{qualifier|esp. of skin}}, {{t|haw|ʻōmolemole}} {{qualifier|of glass, crystal}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|חָלָק|tr=khalak}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|चिकना}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|sima}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|sléttur|m}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|glata}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|halus}}, {{t+|id|mulus}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|lakkia}}
* Ingush: {{t|inh|шаьра}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|caoin}}, {{t|ga|mín}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|liscio}}, {{t+|it|mellifluo}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|滑らか|tr=なめらかな, nameraka na|alt=滑らかな}}
* Kapampangan: {{t|pam|malinatnat}}
* Kashubian: {{t|csb|głôdczi}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|тегіс}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|매끄럽다}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|لووس}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|lûs}}, {{t+|kmr|hilû}}
* Latgalian: {{t|ltg|gluds}}, {{t|ltg|gludons}}
* Latin: {{t|la|glaber}}, {{t+|la|lēvis}}, {{t|la|teres}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|gluds}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t+|lb|glat}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|ма́зен}}, {{t|mk|гла́док}} {{qualifier|dialectal}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|licin}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|māeneene}}, {{t|mi|mōhanihani}}, {{t|mi|newanewa}}, {{t|mi|koutata}}, {{t|mi|mohimohi}}
* Mbyá Guaraní: {{t|gun|yxyĩ}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|smethe}}, {{t|enm|smothe}}
* Moksha: {{t|mdf|вадря}}
* Mongolian: {{t+|mn|тэгш}}, {{t+|mn|гөлгөр}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|dilkǫǫh}}
* Northern Sami: {{t|se|livttis}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|lis}}
* Old Church Slavonic:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|cu|гладъкъ}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|smēþe}}
* Old Occitan: {{t|pro|lis}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|لیز|tr=liz}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|gładki}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|liso}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|neted}}, {{t+|ro|lin}}, {{t+|ro|lis}}
* Romansch: {{t|rm|glisch}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|гла́дкий}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|mìn}}, {{t|gd|sèimh}}, {{t|gd|socrach}}, {{t|gd|tlàth}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|гла̏дак}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|glȁdak}}
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|lisciu}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|hladký}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|gladek}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|gładki}}
*: Upper Sorbian: {{t|hsb|hładki}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|liso}}, {{t|es|glaxo}} {{qualifier|water surface|Peru}}
* Sundanese: {{t+|su|lemes}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|laini}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|jämn}}, {{t+|sv|len}}, {{t+|sv|hal}}, {{t+|sv|slät}}, {{t+|sv|glatt}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|makinis}}
* Tahitian: {{t|ty|hinuhinu}}
* Tarantino: {{t|roa-tar|lisse}}
* Telugu: {{t|te|నున్నటి}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|เรียบ}}
* Tocharian B: {{t|txb|ṣmare}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|pürüzsüz}}, {{t+|tr|düz}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|гладки́й}}
* Venetan: {{t|vec|guałivo}}, {{t|vec|gałivo}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|trơn}}, {{t+|vi|mượt}}
* Vilamovian: {{t|wym|głot|alt=głōt}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|smufik}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|llyfn}}, {{t+|cy|esmwyth}}
* White Hmong: {{t|mww|du}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|גלאַט}}
* Zealandic: {{t|zea|glad}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|without difficulty}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|гладък}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|hladký|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|vlot}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|sujuva}}, {{t+|fi|kitkaton}}
* French: {{t+|fr|doux|m}}, {{t+|fr|facile}}
* German: {{t+|de|reibungslos}}, {{t+|de|problemlos}}, {{t+|de|glatt}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ομαλός|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|zökkenőmentes}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|réidh}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|facile}}, {{t+|it|dolce}}, {{t+|it|soffice}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|スムース|tr=sumūsu}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|ма́зен}}, {{t|mk|ле́сен}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|moani}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|suave}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|гла́дкий}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|laini}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|smidig}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|bland; glib}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|glad}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lipevä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|lisse}}
* German: {{t+|de|glatt}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ήπιος|m}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|λίσπος}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|blando}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|suave}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|laini}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|suave; sophisticated}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|vlot}}, {{t+|nl|glad}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|sulava}}
* French: {{t+|fr|sophistiqué|m}}
* Georgian: {{t-needed|ka}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|γλυκομίλητος|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|finom}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|sofisticado}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|laini}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kibar}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|action: natural; unconstrained}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|плавен}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|glad}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|sujuva}}
* French: {{t+|fr|naturel|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|στρωτός|m}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|réidh}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|пла́вен}}, {{t|mk|о́дмерен}}, {{t|mk|не́пречен}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|suave}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|laini}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|motion: unbroken}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|плавен}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|vlot}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|sulava}}, {{t+|fi|sujuva}}
* French: {{t+|fr|souple}}
* Georgian: {{t-needed|ka}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ομαλός|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|folytonos}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|réidh}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|пла́вен}}, {{t|mk|о́дмерен}}, {{t|mk|не́пречен}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|paparōnaki}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|пла́вный}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|constante}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|laini}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|пла́вний}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|placid, calm}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|спокоен}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|glad}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tyyni}}
* Georgian: {{t-needed|ka}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ακύμαντος|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|спо́коен}}, {{t|mk|сми́рен}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|mō(w)ai}} {{qualifier|of the sea especially}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|smothe}}
* Mongolian: {{t+|mn|дөлгөөн}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|tranquilo}}, {{t+|es|apacible}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|laini}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|edge: lacking projections or indentations; not serrated}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|glad}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|pehmeä}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|λείος|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|lekerekített}}, {{t+|hu|sima}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|mākohakoha}}, {{t|mi|monemone}}, {{t|mi|motuhēhē}}, {{t|mi|motuhenga}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|liso}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|liso}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|laini}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|food or drink: not grainy; having an even texture}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|гладък}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|glad}}, {{t+|nl|zacht}}, {{t+|nl|fijn}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tasainen}}, {{t+|fi|pehmeä}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|ма́зен}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|smethe}}, {{t|enm|smothe}}
* Quechua: {{t|qu|api}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|laini}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|beverage: having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|мек}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|fijn}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|pehmeä}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|γλυκόπιοτος|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|мек}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|suave}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|suave}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|laini}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|mathematics, of a function: Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|光滑|tr=guānghuá}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|hladká|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|glat}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|glad}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|sileä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|régulier}}
* German: {{t+|de|glatt}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|suave|m|f}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|laini}}
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{{trans-top|linguistics, classical studies, of a vowel: lacking marked aspiration}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[ilman]] [[henkäys|henkäystä]]}}
* French: {{t+|fr|douce|f}}
* Sundanese: {{t+|su|lemes}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|laini}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Adverb===
{{en-adv|er}}

# [[smoothly|Smoothly]].
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Henry 6-2|III|ii|passage='''Smooth''' runs the water where the brook is deep.}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# Something that is [[smooth#Adjective|smooth]], or that goes smoothly and easily.
#* {{RQ:KJV|Genesis|27|16|passage=The '''smooth''' of his neck.}}
#* {{RQ:Thackeray Philip
|passage=I think you and I will take the ups and the downs , the roughs and the '''smooths''' of this daily existence and conversation}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1860|author=Anne Manning|title=The Day of Small Things|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=U88BAAAAQAAJ|page=81
|passage=Things are often equalized by roughs and '''smooths''' being set against one another.}}
# A [[smoothing]] action.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2006|author=Julienne Van Loon|title=Road Story|isbn=1741146216|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=oD661LYR7poC|page=12
|passage=She brushes down her hair with a little bit of spit and a '''smooth''' of her hand and opens the bright green door, walking a few metres, squinting.}}
# A domestic [[animal]] having a smooth [[coat]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1916|author=William Ernest Castle; Sewall Wright|title=Studies of Inheritance in Guinea-pigs and Rats|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=rM20mPisnVEC|page=104
|passage=In the 4-toe stock there is a wide gap between the lowest rough and the '''smooths''' which come from the same parents.}}
# A member of an anti-[[hippie]] fashion movement in 1970s Britain.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1999|author=Peter Childs; Mike Storry|title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary British Culture|isbn=0806991356|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=2_3xXme4Q7sC|page=188
|passage=By the early 1970s, skinhead culture began to mutate into the variant ‘white ethnic’ styles of the suedeheads and '''smooths'''.}}
# {{lb|en|statistics}} The [[analysis]] obtained through a [[smoothing]] procedure.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1990|author=Wolfgang Härdle|title=Applied Nonparametric Regression|isbn=0521429501|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=SF_4pzssFSQC|page=17
|passage=A '''smooth''' of the potato data set has already been given in Figure 1.2.}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|something which is smooth or easy}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|gladheid|f}}, {{t+|nl|glads|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|sileys}}, {{t+|fi|pehmeys}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|laini}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|smoothing action}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|zwaai|m}}, {{t+|nl|streling|f}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|laini}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|domestic animal having a smooth coat}}
* Dutch: {{t|nl|gladhuidige|c}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|pehmeäturkkinen}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|laini}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|member of an anti-hippie fashion movement in 1970s Britain}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|laini}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|statistics: analysis obtained through a smoothing procedure}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|изглаждане|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|silotus}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|laini}}
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===Verb===
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# {{lb|en|transitive}} To make smooth or even.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1961|author=William Gibson|title=The Miracle Worker|isbn=0573612382|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=K8OcWWjRNKoC|page=37
|passage=She '''smooths''' her skirt, looking as composed and ladylike as possible.}}
#: {{syn|en|smoothen}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[reduce]] to a particular shape or form by [[pressure]]; to [[press#Verb|press]], to [[flatten#Verb|flatten]].
#: {{ux|en|to '''smooth''' cloth with a [[smoothing iron]]}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To make [[straightforward]] or [[easy]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2007|author=Beth Kohn|title=Lonely Planet Venezuela|page=379
|passage=Caracas can be a tough place but the tremendously good-natured caraqueños '''smoothed''' my passage every step of the way.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[calm]] or [[palliate]].
#: ''to '''smooth''' a person's temper''
# {{lb|en|statistics|image processing|digital audio}} To capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1999|author=Murray R. Spiegel; Larry J. Stephens|title=Schaum’s Outline of Theory and Problems of Statistics|isbn=0070602816|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=a6m_I4a2fmsC|page=457
|passage={{...}} the 7-month moving averages provide better '''smoothing''' of the data in this case than do the 3-month moving averages.}}
# {{lb|en|West Country}} To [[stroke]]; especially to stroke an animal's fur.
#: {{usex|en|Can I '''smooth''' your cat?}}

====Derived terms====
{{der4|en
|smooth down
|smooth endoplasmic reticulum
|smoothen
|smoother
|smoothing circuit|smooth away|smooth up
|smoothing consumption
|smoothing press
|smooth out
|smooth over
|smooth someone's feathers}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|make smooth}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|изглаждам}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|allisar}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|glatte}}, {{t|da|udglatte}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|glad}} {{t+|nl|maken}}, {{t+|nl|gladstrijken}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|glatigi}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|silottaa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|lisser}}
* German: {{t+|de|glätten}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|λειαίνω}}, {{t+|el|εξομαλύνω}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|simít}}, {{t+|hu|kisimít}}, {{t+|hu|elsimít}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|glatigar}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|slíoc}}
* Latin: {{t|la|poliō}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whakahuene}}, {{t|mi|whakamahine}}, {{t|mi|tīwani}}, {{t|mi|tīwaniwani}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|smethen}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|alisar}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|lìomh}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|alisar}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|laini}}
* ǃXóõ: {{t|nmn|tshxâli}}
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{{trans-top|statistics: capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|изглаждам}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|silottaa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|lisser}}
* German: {{t+|de|glätten}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|laini}}
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====See also====
* {{pedia|smoothing}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=hmoost|shtoom}}

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