Meanings
verbsmoothen (third-person singular simple present smoothens, present participle smoothening, simple past and past participle smoothened)
present singular third person smoothens · participle present smoothening · participle past smoothened · past smoothened
- transitiveTo make smooth.
Men were smoothening the thatch, which ran from the top of the roof to the ground covering the sides and at the back of the building.
2014, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Kintu, Oneworld Publications (2018), page 34 - intransitiveTo become smooth.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishsmōþ
- Middle Englishsmothe
- Proto-West Germanic*smanþī
- Old Englishsmēþe
- Middle Englishsmethe
- Englishsmooth
- Englishsmoothen
Translations
Bulgarian оглаждам, изглаждам
- оглаждам (oglaždam)make smooth
- изглаждам (izglaždam)make smooth
- оглаждам се (oglaždam se)become smooth
Danish glatte
- glattemake smooth
Dutch glad maken, gladstrijken
- glad makenmake smooth
- gladstrijkenmake smooth
- afvlakkenmake smooth
- glad wordenbecome smooth
- afvlakkenbecome smooth
Finnish silottaa, silottua
- silottaamake smooth
- silottuabecome smooth
French lisser
- lissermake smooth
German glätten
- glättenmake smooth
Hungarian kisimít
- kisimítmake smooth
Māori whakahuene, whakaene
- whakahuenemake smooth
- whakaenemake smooth
- warumake smooth
- hāromake smooth
Portuguese alisar
- alisarmake smooth
Spanish alisar
- alisarmake smooth
Swahili laini
- lainimake smooth
Cite this entry
APA
smoothen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smoothen
MLA
“smoothen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smoothen. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “smoothen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smoothen.
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