verb🔗ShareTo make smooth or even."She was smoothing the wrinkles out of her dress before the meeting. "processactionqualityChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make straightforward or easy."The teacher is smoothing out the wrinkles in the poster before taping it to the wall. "processactionwayChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo calm or palliate."She tried smoothing over the argument between her children by offering them both ice cream. "mindemotionactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(image processing, digital audio) To capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise."The photo editing software is smoothing the skin tones in the portrait to reduce wrinkles and blemishes. "computingsignalsoundelectronicstechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo stroke; especially to stroke an animal's fur."Can I smooth your cat?"animalactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe act by which something is made smooth."The woodworker focused on the smoothing of the table's surface, removing all the rough edges. "processactionqualityChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMonophthongization."The dialect features some vowel smoothing, making words like "fire" sound more like "far." "phoneticslanguagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
