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smoothen

American  
[smoo-thuhn] / ˈsmu ðən /

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to make or become smooth.


smoothen British  
/ ˈsmuːðən /

verb

  1. to make or become smooth

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of smoothen

First recorded in 1625–35; smooth + -en 1

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ANZ’s Nim expects the RBI to continue to smoothen the rupee’s decline without stepping in aggressively.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 3, 2025

A pre-emptive move designed to further smoothen the entry of Harley Davidsons into India – and, Delhi hopes, ward off any threat of tariffs.

From BBC Feb. 4, 2025

“But I feel like I’m supposed to fight through this pain, I’m gonna smoothen out my swing. ... I got the big injury but it’s actually making my swing super smooth.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 14, 2023

To smoothen this process, some groups provide detailed walkthroughs for parents about how to file open records requests, create press releases, file civil rights complaints and petition school boards.

From Salon Feb. 8, 2022

I cannot forget that David Mallet tried to smoothen Hamlet's soliloquy by jamming it into the heroic couplet.

From The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century by Phelps, William Lyon

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