Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • An obsolete form of smother.
  • noun One who or that which smooths.
  • noun A flatterer; a wheedler.
  • noun In printing, a tape used in a cylinder-press to hold the sheets in position against the cylinder.
  • noun A wheel used in glass-cutting to polish the faces of the grooves or cuts already made by another wheel: the smoother is usually of stone.
  • noun The workman who operates such a smoother for polishing grooves or cuts.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who, or that which, smooths.

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  • adjective comparative form of smooth: more smooth
  • noun One who, or that which, smooths.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a power tool used for sanding wood; an endless loop of sandpaper is moved at high speed by an electric motor

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Examples

  • They are smoother from the factory (even the express), get smoother with time, and I prefer the button safety.

    Mossberg 500 vs Remington 870! Which one do you like better? Explain why. 2010

  • They are smoother from the factory (even the express), get smoother with time, and I prefer the button safety.

    Mossberg 500 vs Remington 870! Which one do you like better? Explain why. 2010

  • 'My dear Calvotti,' said my old patron, in Italian smoother and more choicely worded than his English, one language is pretty much the same to me as another, so long as it _is_ a language, and is spoken in Europe.

    The Romance Of Giovanni Calvotti From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.) David Christie Murray

  • For all the hyperventilating about Obama's "socialist" sic designs, his problem is that is just Clinton redux, that is, a smoother face of the oligarchy.

    The GDP drops 6.1 percent. Ann Althouse 2009

  • Society in general encourages familial networks because ultimately things just run smoother, which is of course a HUGE benefit to the state, when these networks are in place.

    Ten Reasons Same-Sex Marriage Is Wrong 2006

  • After pondering this issue, we decided to add an extra step: The standard charts now running on HuffPost Pollster take the slightly more jagged Kalman Filter trend lines and run them through the same loess regression "smoother" model we have been using for the last three years.

    Upgrading Pollster's Trend Lines: The Kalman Filter The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • After pondering this issue, we decided to add an extra step: The standard charts now running on HuffPost Pollster take the slightly more jagged Kalman Filter trend lines and run them through the same loess regression "smoother" model we have been using for the last three years.

    Upgrading Pollster's Trend Lines: The Kalman Filter The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • These are drivers who seek to maximize their fuel economy through techniques such as smoother acceleration and cruise control.

    The Downsides of a PDK-Equipped Car 2010

  • Besfort remains an enigma, while the much younger Rovena comes over as a mildly embarrassingly projection of male desire, little more than a pair of breasts that swell and shrink or, puzzlingly, grow "smoother" as the balance of power shifts in their tormented relationship.

    The Accident by Ismail Kadare 2010

  • The EITC, in contrast to traditional welfare, creates a "smoother" budget constraint of OABCD, making it theoretically much more likely that an individual's utility-maximizing bundle will include some hours of work.

    Stealth CEO Compensation and Stock Options 2006

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