smoothen

English

Etymology

From smooth +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmuːðən/

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Verb

smoothen (third-person singular simple present smoothens, present participle smoothening, simple past and past participle smoothened)

1. (transitive) To make smooth.
   • 2014, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Kintu, Oneworld Publications (2018), page 34:

     Men were smoothening the thatch, which ran from the top of the roof to the ground covering the sides and at the back of the building.

2. (intransitive) To become smooth.

Usage notes

• The verb smooth is more common.

Translations

make smooth

• Bulgarian: оглаждам (bg) (oglaždam), изглаждам (bg) (izglaždam)
• Choctaw: halʋsbichi
• Danish: glatte (da)
• Dutch: glad (nl) maken (nl), gladstrijken (nl), afvlakken (nl)
• Even: булби- (ʙulʙi-)
• Finnish: silottaa
• French: lisser (fr)
• German: glätten (de)
• Hungarian: kisimít (hu)
• Māori: whakahuene, whakaene, waru (mi) (of wood), hāro (of wood)
• Mongolian: өөлөх (mn) (öölöx)
• Portuguese: alisar (pt)
• Spanish: alisar (es)
• Swahili: laini (sw)

become smooth

• Bulgarian: оглаждам се (oglaždam se)
• Dutch: glad (nl) worden (nl), afvlakken (nl)
• Finnish: silottua (fi)