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smoothed over

smoothed over is the simple past and past participle of smooth over.

Meaning of smooth over

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To make (a rough surface) smooth
  2. (transitive) To pacify (e.g. rumours)
    • Then, as usual, the sheep broke into "Four legs good, two legs bad!" and the momentary awkwardness was smoothed over.1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC

Questions about smoothed over

What is smoothed over the simple past and past participle of?
Smoothed over is the simple past and past participle of smooth over.

Words near smoothed over in the dictionary

  1. smoothe
  2. smoothed
  3. smoothed away
  4. smoothed down
  5. smoothed out
  6. smoothed over
  7. smoothed someone's feathers
  8. smoothed up
  9. smoothelin
  10. smoothen
  11. smoothened

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