Smoothen

//ˈsmuːðən// verb

verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make smooth. transitive

    "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."

  2. 2
    become smooth wordnet
  3. 3
    To become smooth. intransitive
  4. 4
    make (a surface) shine wordnet
  5. 5
    make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing wordnet

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Example

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"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."

Etymology

From smooth + -en.

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