smooth down

verb

To render smooth, to remove roughness from

“She smoothed her nails down with a file.”

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Meanings

verbsmooth down (third-person singular simple present smooths down, present participle smoothing down, simple past and past participle smoothed down)

present singular third person smooths down · participle present smoothing down · participle past smoothed down · past smoothed down

  1. idiomatictransitiveTo render smooth, to remove roughness from

    She smoothed her nails down with a file.

    1 more example

    In a moment Kate was on her feet, smoothing her dress down

    1922, Frank Harris, “X”, in My Life and Loves
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APA

smooth down. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smooth%20down

MLA

“smooth down.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smooth%20down. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “smooth down,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smooth%20down.

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