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smoothing up

smoothing up is the present participle and gerund of smooth up.

Meaning of smooth up

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.

Questions about smoothing up

What is smoothing up the present participle and gerund of?
Smoothing up is the present participle and gerund of smooth up.

Words near smoothing up in the dictionary

  1. smoothing iron
  2. smoothing irons
  3. smoothing out
  4. smoothing over
  5. smoothing someone's feathers
  6. smoothing up
  7. smoothingly
  8. smoothings
  9. smoothish
  10. smoothlier
  11. smoothliest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: smoothing up (page history and authors); smooth up (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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