smooth

Definition

  • verb: to make (something) smooth
  • verb: to make smooth
  • adjective: having a flat, even surface
  • adjective: having a continuous even surface
  • often + 'back' or 'down'

Examples

  • She tried to 'smooth things out' [=end an argument or disagreement] with her daughter-in-law, but the damage was done.

  • They 'smoothed the way' for a quick end to the dispute. [=they made it easier to achieve a quick end to the dispute]

  • Her time at college wasn't all 'smooth sailing'. [=she had some problems/difficulties during her time at college]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Your Grace. What are we reading today? The Book of the Mother, Your Holiness. Chapter three, verse . Ah, "As water rounds the stones, smoothing..." "Smoothing what was jagged, so does a woman's love calm a man's brute nature. A wife salves her husband's wounds, a mother sings her son to sleep." (..)
    2016 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: The Broken Man Season: 6 Episode 7
  • (..) - Right? - Thank you. - Yeah. - Thank you for understanding. - Let's start clean up. - I'll handle the transition. It'll be smooth. What about the press? Because you only had the job for a week. That's gonna be... - With you it's like dog years. - I know. I mean it's like the President. (..)
    2010 Iron Man 2
  • (..) That's our missing friend./ I don't give a fuck. Did you guys see him? I was vast asleep. Because if he was up, this shit wouldn't had gone down so smoothly. Maybe the tiger would ate them up like Omar. Respect. What happened to Omar? Don't worry about Omar. (..)
    2009 The Hangover