smooth | the act of smoothing, he gave his hair a quick smooth |
smooth dogfish | small bottom-dwelling shark found along both Atlantic coasts |
American smooth dogfish Mustelus canis | found along the Atlantic coast of the Americas |
smooth hammerhead Sphyrna zygaena | fished for the hides and vitaminich liver |
smooth softshell Trionyx muticus | river turtle of Mississippi basin, prefers running water |
smooth green snake Opheodrys vernalis | of western and central United States |
smooth-haired fox terrier | a fox terrier with smooth hair |
bore bore-hole drill hole | a hole or passage made by a drill, usually made for exploratory purposes |
bore bit borer rock drill stone drill | a drill for penetrating rock |
smooth plane smoothing plane | a small plane for finish work |
bore gauge caliber calibre | diameter of a tube or gun barrel |
smooth muscle | muscle tissue that does not appear striated under the microscope, has the form of thin layers or sheets |
smooth muscle involuntary muscle | a muscle that contracts without conscious control and found in walls of internal organs such as stomach and intestine and bladder and blood vessels (excluding the heart) |
smooth muscle cell | cells of the smooth muscles |
tidal bore bore eagre aegir eager | a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) |
bore dullard | a person who evokes boredom |
dundathu pine queensland kauri smooth bark kauri Agathis robusta | Australian timber tree resembling the kauri but having wood much lighter in weight and softer |
smooth darling pea Swainsona galegifolia | erect or trailing perennial of eastern Australia having axillary racemes of blue to purple or red flowers |
smooth aster | a variety of aster |
smooth crabgrass Digitaria ischaemum | a weed |
smooth alder hazel alder Alnus serrulata | common shrub of the eastern United States with smooth bark |
smooth-leaved elm European field elm Ulmus carpinifolia | European elm with lustrous smooth leaves used as an ornamental |
smooth winterberry holly | a holly shrub |
smooth sumac scarlet sumac vinegar tree Rhus glabra | common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with waxy compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries |
Scleroderma bovista smooth earthball | an earthball with a peridium that is firm dry and smooth when young but developing cracks when mature, pale orange-yellow when young and reddish brown at maturity |
smooth woodsia Woodsia glabella | rock-inhabiting fern of Arctic and subarctic Europe to eastern Asia |
smooth lip fern Alabama lip fern Cheilanthes alabamensis | southeastern United States to northern Mexico and Jamaica |
polish smooth smoothen shine | make (a surface) shine, shine the silver, please, polish my shoes |
smooth smoothen | make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing, smooth the surface of the wood |
bore drill | make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool, don't drill here, there's a gas pipe, drill a hole into the wall, drill for oil, carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall |
bore tire | cause to be bored |
smooth smooth out | free from obstructions, smooth the way towards peace negotiations |
gloss over skate over smooth over slur over skimp over | treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly |
eloquent facile fluent silver silver-tongued smooth-spoken | expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively, able to dazzle with his facile tongue, silver speech |
beardless smooth-faced | lacking hair on the face, a smooth-faced boy of years |
smooth-haired | having hair that feels smooth |
placid quiet still tranquil smooth unruffled | (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves, a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay, the quiet waters of a lagoon, a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky, a smooth channel crossing, scarcely a ripple on the still water, unruffled water |
smooth-bodied | having a smooth body |
smooth | lacking obstructions or difficulties, the bill's path through the legislature was smooth and orderly |
politic smooth suave bland | smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication, he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage, the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error |
fluent fluid liquid smooth | smooth and unconstrained in movement, a long, smooth stride, the fluid motion of a cat, the liquid grace of a ballerina |
glib glib-tongued smooth-tongued | artfully persuasive in speech, a glib tongue, a smooth-tongued hypocrite |
clean-shaven smooth-shaven well-shaven | closely shaved recently |
smooth | having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities, smooth skin, a smooth tabletop, smooth fabric, a smooth road, water as smooth as a mirror |
fine-textured smooth-textured | having a smooth, fine-grained structure |
smooth | of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence, a smooth ride |
smooth | of the margin of a leaf shape, not broken up into teeth |
legato smooth | (music) without breaks between notes, smooth and connected, a legato passage |
smooth-shelled | having a smooth shell |
smooth-skinned | having smooth skin |