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SMOOTH

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smooth I. adjectiv

1. neted, plan, lustruit, fără riduri/ cute;

smooth surface suprafaţă netedă/ plană;

smooth road drum neted;

a smooth forehead o frunte netedă/ fără riduri.

2. neted, lustruit, şlefuit; (despre o ţeavă) lisă, neghintuită; (despre o piele) netedă, fără cute.

3. lin, calm, liniştit; blând, blajin;

sea as smooth as a mill-pond o mare calmă liniştită ca iazul unei mori; ca un lac;

(fig.) to get to smooth water a ieşi la apă lină/ la liman/ din încurcături, a scăpa de bucluc; greutăţi.

4. uşor, dulce, liniştit, curgător, fără întreruperi, fără izbituri, neîmpiedicat;

smooth running mers liniştit / fără întreruperi (la motoare, automobile).

5. dulce, moale, plăcut, mieros; linguşitor, insinuant;

a smooth voice o voce dulce / moale / plăcută / agreabilă;

he has a smooth tongue vorbeşte mieros / plăcut; are o limbă de aur, e un bun vorbitor.

6. chel, pleşuv, fără păr; (despre obraz, bărbie) fără barbă, spin; ras.

smooth II. substantiv

1. parte netedă / plană, netezime;

to give a smooth to one’s hair a-şi netezi părul.

2. (mar.) acalmie, linişte.

3. (amer.) câmpie/ şes cu iarbă.

smooth III. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a netezi, a aşeza, a întinde (părul, stofa); a da la rindea (o scândură); a netezi, a egaliza (un teren); a călca (rufe spălate).

2. a linişti, a calma, a potoli (pasiuni, supărări, iritări);

to smooth smb.’s ruffled spirits a potoli / a calma iritarea / supărarea cuiva.

3. a rotunji, a îndulci (o curbă, un unghi).

4. a acoperi, a scuza, a ascunde, a micşora, a îndulci (greşeli).

5. to smooth away a aplana, a înlătura (o greutate, un obstacol).

6. to smooth down a) a netezi (părul); b) a domoli, a calma (pe cineva).

7. to smooth out a întinde, a netezi (o rochie), a face să dispară (o cută).

8. to smooth over a aplana, a netezi (o greutate, o situaţie); a acoperi (o greşeală), a calma, a potoli (o pasiune).

smooth III. verb B. intranzitiv

to smooth down (despre valuri, despre mânie) a se potoli, a se calma.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

“Trot,” said my aunt at last, when she had finished her tea, and carefully smoothed down her dress, and wiped her lips— you needn't go, Barkis!

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

I remember a time when this hand was white and smooth, and your first care was to keep it so.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

This protein plays a role in the contraction of smooth muscle.

(Actin, Aortic Smooth Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)

We none of us expect to be in smooth water all our days.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

Her way was clear, though not quite smooth.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

Here the sea was calm, save for a heavy but smooth ground-swell, and I took in the sea-anchor and began to row.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

There were the means of washing in the room, and a comb and brush to smooth my hair.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Not because the way was smooth and placid as a southern sea, but because it was full of dangers and terror, because at every new incident your fortitude was to be called forth and your courage exhibited, because danger and death surrounded it, and these you were to brave and overcome.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Meluadrine binds to and activates beta-2 adrenergic receptors of myometrial smooth muscle in the uterus, thereby activates adenyl cyclase, an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to cyclic-3',5'-adenosine monophosphate (cAMP).

(Meluadrine, NCI Thesaurus)

A low grade malignant neoplasm characterized by the presence of a benign epithelial component (tubular and cleft-like glands) and a low grade sarcomatous component that contains varying amounts of fibrous and smooth muscle tissues.

(Adenosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

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