Past tense of smooth
regular verb
The past tense of smooth is smoothed. The past participle is also smoothed.
Forms of smooth
| Base form (V1) | smooth /smuːð/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | smoothed |
| Past participle (V3) | smoothed |
| Present participle | smoothing |
| Third person singular | smooths /smuːðz/ |
Smoothed in a sentence
- Caracas can be a tough place but the tremendously good-natured caraqueños smoothed my passage every step of the way.2007, Beth Kohn, Lonely Planet Venezuela, page 379
- His rough edges have been smoothed away by a period of personal growth.From the entry smooth away
- The imperfections need to be smoothed away in a computer art package.From the entry smooth away
- She smoothed her nails down with a file.From the entry smooth down
- With these choices, a subcomb with at least one tooth can be smoothed.2013, Olivier Debarre, Higher-Dimensional Algebraic Geometry, →ISBN, page 106. From the entry subcomb
Meaning of smooth
- adjective Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
- adjective Without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents.
- adjective Bland; glib.
Questions about the past tense of smooth
- What is the past tense of smooth?
- The past tense of smooth is smoothed.
- What is the past participle of smooth?
- The past participle of smooth is smoothed.
- Is smooth a regular or irregular verb?
- Smooth is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: smooth (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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