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smooth up

smooth up verb: to make thoroughly smooth; to smooth out.

Verb

smooth up (third-person singular simple present smooths up, present participle smoothing up, simple past and past participle smoothed up)

  1. (dated, transitive) To make thoroughly smooth; to smooth out.
    • We'll smooth up the ground when we're done with the project.

Forms of smooth up

third-person singular presentsmooths up
present participlesmoothing up
past participlesmoothed up
pastsmoothed up

Questions about smooth up

What does smooth up mean?
Smooth up means to make thoroughly smooth; to smooth out.
What part of speech is smooth up?
Smooth up is a verb.
What is the past tense of smooth up?
The past tense of smooth up is smoothed up.

Words near smooth up in the dictionary

  1. smooth talkers
  2. smooth talking
  3. smooth talks
  4. smooth tare
  5. smooth tares
  6. smooth up
  7. smooth vetch
  8. smooth vetches
  9. smooth-brained
  10. smooth-faced
  11. smooth-haired

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