smooth
English
/smuːð/
adj
Definitions
- Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
- Without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents.
- Bland; glib.
- Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; fluent.
- (of a person) Suave; sophisticated.
- (of an action) Natural; unconstrained.
- (of a motion) Unbroken.
- (chiefly) Placid, calm.
- (of an edge) Lacking projections or indentations; not serrated.
- (of food or drink) Not grainy; having an even texture.
- (of a beverage) Having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent.
- (mathematics) Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain.
- (math) That factors completely into small prime numbers.
- (linguistics) Lacking marked aspiration.
- (of muscles) Involuntary and non-striated.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English smoothe inherited from Old English smōþ (smooth, serene, calm, unruffled), smēþe (harmonious, not harsh, smooth, without roughness inequalities of surface, avoiding offence, without discomfort annoyance, lenitive, polished, not irritating, agreeable, soft, suave, melodious) inherited from Proto-Germanic *smanþaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*smanþaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- besmooth English
- bore English
- bored English
- nanosmooth English
- nonsmooth English
- nonsmoothly English
- nonsmoothness English
- outsmooth English
- oversmooth English
- presmooth English
- presmoother English
- resmooth English
- semismooth English
- semismoothness English
- smoothable English
- smoothbore English
- smoothbored English
- smoothen English
- smoothest English
- smootheth English
- smoothie English
- smoothifier English
- smoothify English
- smoothish English
- smoothly English
- smoothness English
- smoothsort English
- smoothstep English
- smoothtongue English
- smoothwire English
- smoothy English
- sort English
- step English
- supersmooth English
- supersmoothness English
- tongue English
- ultrasmooth English
- unsmooth English
- unsmoothly English
- wire English
- smoothie Dutch, Flemish
- сму́зи Russian
- смузи Russian
- *smanþaz Proto-Germanic
- スムージー Japanese
- smēþe Old English
- smōþ Old English
- smethnes Middle English
- smooth Middle English
- smoothe Middle English
- smwddio Welsh
- smuith Scots
- sort
- wire
- step
- bore
- bored
- tongue
- smoothy
- smoothie
- besmooth
- smoothen
- smoothly
- unsmooth
- resmooth
- smoothest
- smoothify
- outsmooth
- presmooth
- nonsmooth
- smootheth
- smoothish
- smoothable
- unsmoothly
- smoothbore
- smoothstep
- oversmooth
- semismooth
- smoothwire
- nanosmooth
- smoothness
- smoothsort
- presmoother
- smoothbored
- nonsmoothly
- smoothifier
- ultrasmooth
- supersmooth
- smoothtongue
- nonsmoothness
- semismoothness
- supersmoothness