{ "dictype": "WikiDicScrap", "error": false, "code": 200, "json": { "type": "wiki", "pronunciations": { "phonetic": [ "smuð" ], "listenurl": [ { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/smooth.ogg" }, { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/smooth.mp3" }, { "lang": "Audio", "url": "" } ] }, "meansorg": { "etymologies": [ "From Middle English smothe, smethe, from Old English smēþe, smōþ, both from Proto-Germanic *smanþi, of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots smuith (“smooth”), Low German smood and smödig (“smooth, malleable, ductile”), Dutch smeuïg (“smooth”) (from earlier smeudig)." ], "typelist": [ { "name": "Adjective", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.\n1695, C A du Fresnoy, John Dryden, transl., De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, , London: J Heptinstall for W. Rogers, , →OCLC:The outlines must be smooth, imperceptible to the touch, and even, without eminence or cavities.\n1907 August, Robert W Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, .\n2005, Lesley Brown, Sophist, translation of original by Plato:Teaching that’s done by talking seems to have one rough path and another part which is smoother." }, { "mean": "Without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents.\nWe hope for a smooth transition to the new system.\n2011, Phil McNulty, “Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England”, in BBC‎:England's path to Poland and Ukraine next summer looked to be a smooth one as goals from Ashley Young and Darren Bent gave them a comfortable lead after 31 minutes." }, { "mean": "Bland; glib.\n1712 (date written), Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. , London: J Tonson, , published 1713, →OCLC, (please specify the page):This smooth discourse and mild behavior oft / Conceal a traitor.\n1912, Gustavus Myers, History of the Supreme Court of the United States, page 133:This feeling, grounded on the experience of centuries of oppression, was not to be allayed by smooth explanations on the part of the advocates of the Constitution." }, { "mean": "Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; fluent.\n1670, John Milton, The History of Britain\nthe only smooth poet of those times}}\n1737, , The First Epistle of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated, London: T. Cooper, , →OCLC, page 16:VValler vvas ſmooth; but Dryden taught to join / The varying verſe, the full reſounding line, / The long majetſic march, and energy divine.\n1713, Gay, “Book III”, in The Fan. A Poem. , 2nd edition, London: J Tonson, , published 1714, →OCLC, page 23:VVhen bright Minerva roſe, / From her ſvveet Lips ſmooth Elocution flovvs," }, { "mean": "Suave; sophisticated.\n2003, T. Lewis Humphrey, The Price of Love, →ISBN, page 279:He was so smooth and handsome. He knew just what to say and when to say it." }, { "mean": "(of an action) Natural; unconstrained.\n2006, Mary Kay Moskal and Camille Blachowicz, Reading for Fluency, →ISBN, page 3:In order for a reading to be smooth and effortless, readers must be able to recognize and read words accurately, automatically, and quickly." }, { "mean": "(of a motion) Unbroken.\n1927, United States National Guard Bureau, Manual of Basic Training and Standards of Proficiency for the National Guard, page 181:Demonstrate first by the numbers and then as one smooth movement." }, { "mean": "(chiefly of water) Placid, calm.\n1898, John Donaldson Ford, An American Cruiser in the East, page 47:As we worked to the southward, we picked up fair weather, and enjoyed smooth seas and pleasant skies." }, { "mean": "(of an edge) Lacking projections or indentations; not serrated.\n1994, Robert E. Swanson, A Field Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of the Southern Appalachians, →ISBN, page 8:A leaf having a smooth margin, without teeth or indentations of any kind, is called entire.\n1997, Christopher Dickey, Innocent Blood: A Novel, →ISBN, page 91:Out of the handles flipped the smooth blade and the serrated blade, which was dangerously sharp, the flathead screwdrivers, the Phillips screwdriver, the can opener, the awl." }, { "mean": "(of food or drink) Not grainy; having an even texture.\n1997, Lou Seibert Pappas, Sorbets and Ice Creams, →ISBN, page 19:A compact and stylish design, it produces 1 generous quart of excellent, smooth ice cream in 20 to 25 minutes." }, { "mean": "(of a beverage) Having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent.\n2002, Candace Irvin, For His Eyes Only, →ISBN, page 9:The coffee was smooth, so smooth she took another sip." }, { "mean": "(mathematics, of a function) Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain.\n2003, Eric W. Weisstein, CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics, →ISBN, page 419:Any ANALYTIC FUNCTION is smooth. But a smooth function is not necessarily analytic." }, { "mean": "(mathematics, of a number) That factors completely into small prime numbers." }, { "mean": "(linguistics, classical studies, of a vowel) Lacking marked aspiration.\n1830, Benjamin Franklin Fisk, A Grammar of the Greek Language, page 5:Οὐ becomes οὐκ before a smooth vowel, and οὐχ before an aspirate." }, { "mean": "(of muscles, medicine) Involuntary and non-striated." } ] }, { "name": "Adverb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "Smoothly.\n1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies.  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep." } ] }, { "name": "Noun", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "Something that is smooth, or that goes smoothly and easily.\n1611, The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Genesis 27:16:\nThe smooth of his neck.\n1861 January – 1862 August, W M Thackeray, The Adventures of Philip on His Way through the World; , volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder and Co., , published 1862, →OCLC:\nI think you and I will take the ups and the downs , the roughs and the smooths of this daily existence and conversation\n1860, Anne Manning, The Day of Small Things‎, page 81:Things are often equalized by roughs and smooths being set against one another." }, { "mean": "A smoothing action.\n2006, Julienne Van Loon, Road Story‎, →ISBN, page 12:She brushes down her hair with a little bit of spit and a smooth of her hand and opens the bright green door, walking a few metres, squinting." }, { "mean": "A domestic animal having a smooth coat.\n1916, William Ernest Castle and Sewall Wright, Studies of Inheritance in Guinea-pigs and Rats‎, page 104:In the 4-toe stock there is a wide gap between the lowest rough and the smooths which come from the same parents." }, { "mean": "A member of an anti-hippie fashion movement in 1970s Britain.\n1999, Peter Childs and Mike Storry, Encyclopedia of Contemporary British Culture‎, →ISBN, page 188:By the early 1970s, skinhead culture began to mutate into the variant ‘white ethnic’ styles of the suedeheads and smooths." }, { "mean": "(statistics) The analysis obtained through a smoothing procedure.\n1990, Wolfgang Härdle, Applied Nonparametric Regression‎, →ISBN, page 17:A smooth of the potato data set has already been given in Figure 1.2." } ] }, { "name": "Verb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(transitive) To make smooth or even.\n1961, William Gibson, The Miracle Worker‎, →ISBN, page 37:She smooths her skirt, looking as composed and ladylike as possible.\nSynonym: smoothen" }, { "mean": "(transitive) To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure; to press, to flatten.\nto smooth cloth with a smoothing iron" }, { "mean": "(transitive) To make straightforward or easy.\n2007, Beth Kohn, Lonely Planet Venezuela (page 379)\nCaracas can be a tough place but the tremendously good-natured caraqueños smoothed my passage every step of the way." }, { "mean": "(transitive) To calm or palliate.\nto smooth a person's temper" }, { "mean": "(statistics, image processing, digital audio) To capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise.\n1999, Murray R. Spiegel and Larry J. Stephens, Schaum’s Outline of Theory and Problems of Statistics‎, →ISBN, page 457: the 7-month moving averages provide better smoothing of the data in this case than do the 3-month moving averages." }, { "mean": "(West Country) To stroke; especially to stroke an animal's fur.\nCan I smooth your cat?" } ] } ] }, "meanskor": { "etymologies": [ "" ], "typelist": [ { "name": "형용사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "부사.", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "명사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "동사.", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] } ] } } }