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SMOOTHED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Made smooth by ironing
Synonyms:
smoothed; smoothened
Classified under:
Similar:
ironed ((of linens or clothes) smoothed with a hot iron)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb smooth
Context examples:
For an instant the wrinkles were smoothed away, the nose drew away from the chin, the lower lip ceased to protrude and the mouth to mumble, the dull eyes regained their fire, the drooping figure expanded.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
She held her left hand in front of her, covered with a red velvet glove, and on the wrist a little brown falcon, very fluffy and bedraggled, which she smoothed and fondled as she walked.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He rummaged amid his newspapers, glancing over the dates, until at last he smoothed one out, doubled it over, and read the following paragraph: Hotel Cosmopolitan Jewel Robbery. John Horner, 26, plumber, was brought up upon the charge of having upon the 22nd inst., abstracted from the jewel-case of the Countess of Morcar the valuable gem known as the blue carbuncle.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Won't be smoothed down?” said I.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
If I had not promoted Mr. Weston's visits here, and given many little encouragements, and smoothed many little matters, it might not have come to any thing after all.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
And Mrs. March smoothed the soft cheek, which suddenly grew rosy as Meg answered slowly... Yes.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
The traces of the bog were removed from it; the creases left by the wet smoothed out: it was quite decent.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
The scared look faded from her eyes, and her agitated features smoothed into their usual commonplace.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
My aunt smoothed her dress and shook her head, as if she smoothed defiance of the whole world out of the one, and shook it out of the other.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Mrs. March laughed, and smoothed down her maternal pride as she asked, "Well, my swan, what is your plan?"
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
