smooth

1. Something that is smooth, or that goes smoothly and easily.
2. A smoothing action.
3. A domestic animal having a smooth coat.
4. A member of an anti-hippie fashion movement in 1970s Britain.
5. The analysis obtained through a smoothing procedure.

1. To make smooth or even.
2. To make straightforward or easy.
3. To calm or palliate.

   to smooth a person's temper

4. (image processing, digital audio) To capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise.
5. To stroke; especially to stroke an animal's fur.

   Can I smooth your cat?

1. Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
2. Without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents.

   We hope for a smooth transition to the new system.

3. Bland; glib.
4. Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; fluent.
5. (of a person) Suave; sophisticated.
6. (of an action) Natural; unconstrained.
7. (of a motion) Unbroken.
8. (chiefly of water) Placid, calm.
9. (of an edge) Lacking projections or indentations; not serrated.
10. (of food or drink) Not grainy; having an even texture.
11. (of a beverage) Having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent.
12. (of a function) Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain.
13. (of a number) That factors completely into small prime numbers.
14. (of a vowel) Lacking marked aspiration.
15. (of muscles) Involuntary and non-striated.

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