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SMOOTHEN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become smooth

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "smoothen" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make (a surface) shine

Example:

polish my shoes

Synonyms:

polish; shine; smooth; smoothen

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "smoothen" is one way to...):

beautify; embellish; fancify; prettify (make more beautiful)

"Smoothen" entails doing...:

rub (move over something with pressure)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "smoothen"):

Simonise; Simonize (polish with wax)

sleek; slick (make slick or smooth)

buff; burnish; furbish (polish and make shiny)

gloss (give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

They smoothen the glass tubes

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing

Example:

smooth the surface of the wood

Synonyms:

smooth; smoothen

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "smoothen" is one way to...):

change surface (undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface)

"Smoothen" entails doing...:

rub (move over something with pressure)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "smoothen"):

strip (remove the thread (of screws))

launch (smoothen the surface of)

rake (level or smooth with a rake)

plane (make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane)

float (make the surface of level or smooth)

sand; sandpaper (rub with sandpaper)

sandblast (grind with a sandblast)

file (smooth with a file)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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