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smoothen

DEFINITIONS OF: smoothen

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v make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing

Synonyms:
smooth
Antonyms:
roughen
make rough or rougher
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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

v become smooth

Type of:
change
undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature

v make (a surface) shine

Synonyms:
polish, shine, smooth
Types:
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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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