Meanings (ES + gloss)
sofisticado
Suave; sophisticated.
He was so smooth and handsome. He knew just what to say and when to say it.
constante
Unbroken.
Demonstrate first by the numbers and then as one smooth movement.
apacible • tranquilo
Placid, calm.
As we worked to the southward, we picked up fair weather, and enjoyed smooth seas and pleasant skies.
liso
Lacking projections or indentations; not serrated.
A leaf having a smooth margin, without teeth or indentations of any kind, is called entire.
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.
suave
Having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent.
The coffee was smooth, so smooth she took another sip.
suave
Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain.
Any ANALYTIC FUNCTION is smooth. But a smooth function is not necessarily analytic.
glaxo • liso • suave • terso
Lacking marked aspiration.
Οὐ becomes οὐκ before a smooth vowel, and οὐχ before an aspirate.
Phrases
a smooth sea never made a skilled sailorbesmoothbuttery smoothnonsmoothnesspiecewise smoothsilky smoothsmooth aldersmooth as a baby's bottomsmooth as a baby's bumsmooth as buttersmooth as eggssmooth as oilsmooth as silksmooth azaleasmooth brainsmooth breathingsmooth bromesmooth callsmooth clamsmooth colliesmooth cordgrasssmooth fox terriersmooth functionsmooth green snakesmooth handfishsmooth houndsmooth hydrangeasmooth jazzsmooth leatherjacketsmooth loofahsmooth manifoldsmooth mudaliasmooth musclesmooth newtsmooth numbersmooth operatorsmooth rocksnailsmooth sailingsmooth snakesmooth sole
Meanings (ES + gloss)
agobiar • ahogar • asfixiar • sofocar
To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.
But I am Pestilence;—hither and thither I flit about, that I may slay and smother;— All lips which I have kissed must surely wither, But Death’s—if thou art he, we’ll go to work to…
He smothered her by pressing his hand over her mouth.
apagar • extinguir • sofocar
To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.
to smother a fire with ashes
reprimir
To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish
The committee's report was smothered.
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