| smooth | | |
| n. (act) | 1. smooth | the act of smoothing.; "he gave his hair a quick smooth" |
| ~ accomplishment, achievement | the action of accomplishing something. |
| v. (contact) | 2. smooth, smoothen | make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing.; "smooth the surface of the wood" |
| ~ strip | remove the thread (of screws). |
| ~ change surface | undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface. |
| ~ rub | move over something with pressure.; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin" |
| ~ launch | smoothen the surface of.; "launch plaster" |
| ~ rake | level or smooth with a rake.; "rake gravel" |
| ~ plane | make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane.; "plane the top of the door" |
| ~ float | make the surface of level or smooth.; "float the plaster" |
| ~ sand, sandpaper | rub with sandpaper.; "sandpaper the wooden surface" |
| ~ sandblast | grind with a sandblast.; "sandblast the facade of the building" |
| ~ file | smooth with a file.; "file one's fingernails" |
| v. (contact) | 3. polish, shine, smooth, smoothen | make (a surface) shine.; "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes" |
| ~ beautify, fancify, prettify, embellish | make more beautiful. |
| ~ simonise, simonize | polish with wax.; "The motorcycle has been Simonized" |
| ~ sleek, slick | make slick or smooth. |
| ~ burnish, furbish, buff | polish and make shiny.; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes" |
| ~ rub | move over something with pressure.; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin" |
| ~ gloss | give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing. |
| v. (possession) | 4. smooth, smooth out | free from obstructions.; "smooth the way towards peace negotiations" |
| ~ disembarrass, rid, free | relieve from.; "Rid the house of pests" |
| adj. | 5. smooth | having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities.; "smooth skin"; "a smooth tabletop"; "smooth fabric"; "a smooth road"; "water as smooth as a mirror" |
| ~ even | being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with).; "an even application of varnish"; "an even floor"; "the road was not very even"; "the picture is even with the window" |
| ~ ironed | (of linens or clothes) smoothed with a hot iron. |
| ~ fine | of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles.; "wood with a fine grain"; "fine powdery snow"; "fine rain"; "batiste is a cotton fabric with a fine weave"; "covered with a fine film of dust" |
| ~ slippery, slippy | causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide.; "slippery sidewalks"; "a slippery bar of soap"; "the streets are still slippy from the rain" |
| ~ creaseless, uncreased | used especially of fabrics.; "uncreased trousers" |
| ~ even-textured | having an even texture. |
| ~ fast | (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds.; "a fast road"; "grass courts are faster than clay" |
| ~ fine-textured, smooth-textured | having a smooth, fine-grained structure. |
| ~ glassy | resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness.; "the glassy surface of the lake"; "the pavement was...glassy with water" |
| ~ seamless, unlined, unseamed | smooth, especially of skin.; "his cheeks were unlined"; "his unseamed face" |
| ~ flowing, aerodynamic, sleek, streamlined | designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow.; "a streamlined convertible" |
| ~ velvet, velvet-textured, velvety | smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste. |
| adj. | 6. bland, politic, smooth, suave | smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication.; "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error" |
| ~ diplomatical, diplomatic | using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people.; "the hostess averted a confrontation with a diplomatic chenage of subject" |
| adj. | 7. smooth | of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth. |
| ~ phytology, botany | the branch of biology that studies plants. |
| ~ unsubdivided, simple | (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions. |
| ~ compound | composed of more than one part.; "compound leaves are composed of several lobes"; "compound flower heads" |
| ~ entire | (of leaves or petals) having a smooth edge; not broken up into teeth or lobes. |
| ~ repand | having a slightly undulating margin. |
| ~ sinuate | having a strongly waved margin alternately concave and convex. |
| ~ undulate | having a wavy margin and rippled surface. |
| ~ unnotched, untoothed | having no notches. |
| adj. | 8. fluent, fluid, liquid, smooth | smooth and unconstrained in movement.; "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina" |
| ~ graceful | characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution. |
| adj. | 9. legato, smooth | (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected.; "a legato passage" |
| ~ music | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. |
| adj. | 10. smooth | of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence.; "a smooth ride" |
| adj. | 11. smooth | lacking obstructions or difficulties.; "the bill's path through the legislature was smooth and orderly" |
| ~ easy | posing no difficulty; requiring little effort.; "an easy job"; "an easy problem"; "an easy victory"; "the house is easy to heat"; "satisfied with easy answers"; "took the easy way out of his dilemma" |
| adj. | 12. placid, quiet, smooth, still, tranquil, unruffled | (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves.; "a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay"; "the quiet waters of a lagoon"; "a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky"; "a smooth channel crossing"; "scarcely a ripple on the still water"; "unruffled water" |
| ~ calm | (of weather) free from storm or wind.; "calm seas" |
| cross | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. cross | a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece. |
| ~ structure, construction | a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts.; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. crisscross, cross, mark | a marking that consists of lines that cross each other. |
| ~ marking | a pattern of marks. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. cross | a representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified; used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry. |
| ~ calvary cross, cross of calvary | a Latin cross set on three steps. |
| ~ celtic cross | a Latin cross with a ring surrounding the intersection. |
| ~ crucifix, rood, rood-tree | representation of the cross on which Jesus died. |
| ~ emblem | special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.. |
| ~ greek cross | a cross with each of the four arms the same length. |
| ~ jerusalem cross | a cross with equal arms, each terminating in a small crossbar. |
| ~ latin cross | a cross with the lowest arm being longer than the others. |
| ~ cross of lorraine, lorraine cross | a cross with two crossbars, one above and one below the midpoint of the vertical, the lower longer than the upper. |
| ~ maltese cross | a cross with triangular or arrow-shaped arms and the points toward the center. |
| ~ papal cross | a cross with three crossbars. |
| ~ patriarchal cross | a cross with two crossbars. |
| ~ saltire, st. andrew's cross | a cross resembling the letter x, with diagonal bars of equal length. |
| ~ st. anthony's cross, tau cross | cross resembling the Greek letter tau. |
| n. (state) | 4. cross, crown of thorns | any affliction that causes great suffering.; "that is his cross to bear"; "he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns" |
| ~ affliction | a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity. |
| n. (animal) | 5. cross, crossbreed, hybrid | (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species.; "a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey" |
| ~ organism, being | a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently. |
| ~ dihybrid | a hybrid produced by parents that differ only at two gene loci that have two alleles each. |
| ~ monohybrid | a hybrid produced by crossing parents that are homozygous except for a single gene locus that has two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas). |
| ~ genetic science, genetics | the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms. |
| n. (act) | 6. cross, crossbreeding, crossing, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding | (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids. |
| ~ mating, pairing, sexual union, coupling, union, conjugation | the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes.; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring" |
| ~ dihybrid cross | hybridization using two traits with two alleles each. |
| ~ monohybrid cross | hybridization using a single trait with two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas). |
| ~ reciprocal cross, reciprocal | hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype. |
| ~ test-cross, testcross | a cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring. |
| ~ genetic science, genetics | the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms. |
| v. (motion) | 7. cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse | travel across or pass over.; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day" |
| ~ tramp | cross on foot.; "We had to tramp the creeks" |
| ~ stride | cover or traverse by taking long steps.; "She strode several miles towards the woods" |
| ~ walk | traverse or cover by walking.; "Walk the tightrope"; "Paul walked the streets of Damascus"; "She walks 3 miles every day" |
| ~ crisscross | cross in a pattern, often random. |
| ~ ford | cross a river where it's shallow. |
| ~ bridge | cross over on a bridge. |
| ~ jaywalk | cross the road at a red light. |
| ~ drive, take | proceed along in a vehicle.; "We drive the turnpike to work" |
| ~ go across, pass, go through | go across or through.; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" |
| ~ course | move swiftly through or over.; "ships coursing the Atlantic" |
| ~ hop | traverse as if by a short airplane trip.; "Hop the Pacific Ocean" |
| v. (motion) | 8. cross, intersect | meet at a point. |
| ~ cross | meet and pass.; "the trains crossed" |
| ~ encounter, meet, run across, come across, run into, see | come together.; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!" |
| v. (social) | 9. baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart | hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of.; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" |
| ~ disappoint, let down | fail to meet the hopes or expectations of.; "Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage" |
| ~ foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, forbid | keep from happening or arising; make impossible.; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project" |
| ~ dash | destroy or break.; "dashed ambitions and hopes" |
| ~ short-circuit | hamper the progress of; impede.; "short-circuit warm feelings" |
| ~ ruin | destroy or cause to fail.; "This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election" |
| v. (motion) | 10. cross | fold so as to resemble a cross.; "she crossed her legs" |
| ~ fold, fold up, turn up | bend or lay so that one part covers the other.; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar" |
| v. (stative) | 11. cross, span, sweep, traverse | to cover or extend over an area or time period.; "Rivers traverse the valley floor"; "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries" |
| ~ cover, extend, continue | span an interval of distance, space or time.; "The war extended over five years"; "The period covered the turn of the century"; "My land extends over the hills on the horizon"; "This farm covers some 200 acres"; "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles" |
| v. (motion) | 12. cross | meet and pass.; "the trains crossed" |
| ~ decussate | cross or intersect so as to form a cross.; "this nerve decussates the other"; "the fibers decussate" |
| ~ intersect, cross | meet at a point. |
| v. (creation) | 13. cross | trace a line through or across.; "cross your `t'" |
| ~ write | mark or trace on a surface.; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"; "Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet" |
| v. (contact) | 14. cross, crossbreed, hybridise, hybridize, interbreed | breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties.; "cross a horse and a donkey"; "Mendel tried crossbreeding"; "these species do not interbreed" |
| ~ breed | cause to procreate (animals).; "She breeds dogs" |
| ~ backcross | mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents. |
| adj. | 15. cross, thwartwise, transversal, transverse | extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis.; "cross members should be all steel"; "from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully"; "transversal vibrations"; "transverse colon" |
| ~ crosswise | lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction.; "a crosswise street"; "the crosswise dimension" |
| adj. | 16. bad-tempered, crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered | annoyed and irritable. |
| ~ ill-natured | having an irritable and unpleasant disposition. |
| traverse | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. crossbeam, crosspiece, trave, traverse | a horizontal beam that extends across something. |
| ~ beam | long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. transom, traverse | a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it. |
| ~ crosspiece | a transverse brace. |
| n. (act) | 3. traversal, traverse | taking a zigzag path on skis. |
| ~ crossing | traveling across. |
| ~ skiing | a sport in which participants must travel on skis. |
| n. (act) | 4. traversal, traverse | travel across. |
| ~ travel, traveling, travelling | the act of going from one place to another.; "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel" |
| v. (communication) | 5. deny, traverse | deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit. |
| ~ practice of law, law | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.; "he studied law at Yale" |
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