smoothen

Verb
  1. Make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing (synset 201255535)
    "smooth the surface of the wood"
    entail: rub - move over something with pressure
    is a type of: change surface - undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface
    subtypes:
    • strip - remove the thread (of screws)
    • launch - smoothen the surface of
    • rake - level or smooth with a rake
    • plane - make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane
    • float - make the surface of level or smooth
    • sand, sandpaper - rub with sandpaper
    • sandblast - grind with a sandblast
    • file - smooth with a file
    same as: smooth
  2. Make (a surface) shine (synset 201248201)
    "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes"
    entail: rub - move over something with pressure
    is a type of: beautify, embellish, fancify, prettify - make more beautiful
    subtypes:
    same as: polish, shine, smooth
  3. Become smooth (synset 200548301)
    is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature

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