smoothen

• Verbe désuet signifiant rendre lisse ou plus lisse ; éliminer les rugosités ou les irrégularités d'une surface.

An obsolete verb meaning to make smooth or smoother; to remove roughness or irregularities from a surface.

1. Make smooth or smootherB2formal

   To make a surface even, flat, or free from roughness, typically by rubbing or applying pressure.

   Lisser

   • She used sandpaper to smoothen the rough edges of the wood.
   • He smoothened the creases in his shirt with an iron.
   • The carpenter smoothened the tabletop before applying varnish.

   Synonymesbuffevenflattenironlevelplanepolishpresssandsmooth

   Antonymescoarsenroughen

2. Make a surface shineB2formal

   To polish a surface to make it glossy or reflective.

   Polir une surface pour la rendre brillante

   • The jeweler smoothened the silver ring until it gleamed.
   • She smoothened the marble countertop to a high shine.
   • He used a cloth to smoothen the glass surface.

   Synonymesbuffburnishglazeglosspolishshine

   Antonymesdullroughenscratchtarnish

3. Become smoothB2formal

   To become even, flat, or free from irregularities.

   devenir lisse

   • The surface of the lake smoothened as the wind died down.
   • The dough smoothened as she kneaded it.
   • The rough patch of skin smoothened after applying the lotion.

   Synonymeseven outflattenlevelsmooth