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Found 4 hits - Term: smoother, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
smooth \smooth\ sm=ooth, a. compar. smoother
   sm=ooth"~er; superl. smoothest. oe. smothe,
   smethe, as. sm=eethe, smoeethe, where =e, oe,
   come from an older =o; cf. lg. sm"ode, sm"oe,
   sm"odig; of uncertain origin.
   1. having an even surface, or a surface so even that no
      roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not
      rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            the outlines must be smooth, imperceptible to the
            touch, and even, without eminence or cavities.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. evenly spread or arranged; sleek; as, smooth hair.
      1913 webster

   3. gently flowing; moving equably; not ruffled or obstructed;
      as, a smooth stream.
      1913 webster

   4. flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or
      hesitation; not harsh; voluble; even; fluent.
      1913 webster

            the only smooth poet of those times.  --milton.
      1913 webster

            waller was smooth; but dryden taught to join
            the varying verse, the full-resounding line. --pope.
      1913 webster

            when sage minerva rose,
            from her sweet lips smooth elocution flows. --gay.
      1913 webster

   5. bland; mild; smoothing; fattering.
      1913 webster

            this smooth discourse and mild behavior oft
            conceal a traitor.                    --addison.
      1913 webster

   6. mech.  physics causing no resistance to a body sliding
      along its surface; frictionless.
      1913 webster

   note: smooth is often used in the formation of
         self-explaining compounds; as, smooth-bodied,
         smooth-browed, smooth-combed, smooth-faced,
         smooth-finished, smooth-gliding, smooth-grained,
         smooth-leaved, smooth-sliding, smooth-speaking,
         smooth-woven, and the like.
         1913 webster

   syn: even; plain; level; flat; polished; glossy; sleek; soft;
        bland; mild; soothing; voluble; flattering; adulatory;
        deceptive.
        1913 webster
see also:
smoother smoothest 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
smoother \smooth"er\, n.
   one who, or that which, smooths.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
smoother
     n : a power tool used for sanding wood; a loop of sandpaper is
         moved at high speed by an electric motor syn: drum
         sander, electric sander, sander
see also:
drum sander electric sander sander 
[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
28 moby thesaurus words for "smoother":
   abradant, abrasive, buff, buffer, burnish, calender, chamois, drag,
   glazer, goose, grader, harrow, iron, lawn-roller, mangle, plane,
   polish, polisher, press, roller, rolling pin, sander, sleeker,
   slicker, smooth, steamroller, trowel, wringer





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