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smoothen

Other forms: smoothened; smoothening; smoothens

Definitions of smoothen
  1. verb
    make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing
    synonyms: smooth
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    types:
    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
    rough-sand
    sand roughly
    type of:
    change surface
    undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface
  2. verb
    become smooth
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    type of:
    change
    undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
  3. verb
    make (a surface) shine
    synonyms: polish, shine, smooth
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    types:
    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
    type of:
    beautify, embellish, fancify, prettify
    make more beautiful
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