Meaning of "smooth"

smooth •

adj.
• • 1. even, like glass, silk, etc.: makinis
  • 2. without difficulties, easy: madali, magaan, maayos, mapayapa
  • 3. calm, serene: panatag, payapa, mahinahon, tahimik
  • 4. easy, polished, pleasant, polite: kalugudlugod, mapitagan, matatas, mahusay

v.
• • 1. to make smooth: magpakinis, pakinisin
  • 2. to make flat, flatten: magpalapat, palapatin, mag-unat, unatin
  • 3. to smooth away, to get rid of difficulties, troubles, etc., to make easy: mag-ayos, ayusin, lumunas, lunasan, pumayapa, payapain
  • 4. to smooth down, to calm or soothe: magpahinahon, huminahon, magpakalma, kumalma, magpakalma, pakalmahin, kumalma, magpalamig, lumamig, palamigin
  • 5. to smooth over, to make something seem less wrong or unpleasant: magpatakip, pagtakpan

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rough

adj.
• • 1. not smooth, not level: baku-bako
  • 2. stormy: maalon, magulo, masama, mabagyo
  • 3. rough or coarse to the touch: magaspang, maligasgas
  • 4. indecent: masagwa, malaswa
  • 5. harsh, rude, not gentle, likely to hurt others: magaslaw, bastos
  • 6. without luxury and ease: mahirap

polish

v.
• • 1. to make smooth and shiny: magpakintab, pakintabin, magbuli, bulihin
  • 2. to polish the floor with coconut husk: magbunot, bunutin
  • 3. to become smooth and shiny, take on polish: kumintab, mabuli
  • 4. to make elegant or refined (in manner): pinuhan

n.
• • 1. polished condition: kintab, kakintaban
  • 2. a substance used to give smoothness or shine: pakintab, pampakintab, sebo, biton
  • 3. refinement (in manners): kagandahang-asal

table

n.
• • 1. a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top on legs: mesa, lamesa, hapag
  • 2. a very low or short-legged table: dulang
  • 3. the food put on a table to be eaten: hain, pagkaing nasa mesa or simply: pagkain
  • 4. a list, very condensed information: talaan, hanay, talahanayan

v.
• • 1. to put on a table: maglagay (ilagay ) sa mesa
  • 2. to set the table, to prepare the table for a meal: maghain sa mesa, hainan ang mesa
  • 3. to table a bill or motion, to put off discussing it: ipagpaliban ang pag-uusap sa panukalang-batas o mungkahi
  • 4. to turn the tables, to reverse conditions: saliwain ang mga pangyayari (kalagayan)

flat

adj.
• • 1. smooth and level, even: pantay, patag, makinis
  • 2. flat, not round: sapad, sarat, lapad
  • 3. uninteresting: walang, kuwenta, hindi maganda
  • 4. fixed, not to be changed (esp. for rates): de taripa
  • 5. not glossy, e.g. paint: walang kintab, hindi makintab
  • 6. without much flavor: walang lasa, matabang
  • 7. to lie flat: tumihaya

plane

n.
• • 1. a flat or level surface: pantay (patag) na ibabaw
  • 2. a level: lagay, kalagayan, pamantayan, antas
  • 3. airplane: eruplano
  • 4. a carpenters tool with a blade for smoothing wood: katam

v.
• • to smooth wood or metal with a plane: magpakatam, katamin, magkatam

adj.
• • flat or level: patag, pantay

blackboard

n.
• • dark, smooth surface for writing on: pisara

grind

v.
• • 1. to crush into bits: gumiling, gilingin
  • 2. to crush into powder, pulverize: magdurog, dumurog, durugin
  • 3. to pound and crush in a mortar: magdikdik, dumikdik, dikdikin, magbayo, bumayo, bayuhin
  • 4. to sharpen or make smooth by rubbing on something rough: maghasa, ihasa
  • 5. to rub harshly (on, into, against or together): magkiskis, kiskisin, ikiskis
  • 6. to rub (grind) the teeth together: mangalit, pangalitin

oily

adj.
• • 1. containing oil: may langis
  • 2. covered or soaked with oil: malangis, mamantika
  • 3. slippery: madulas
  • 4. too smooth, suspiciously or disagreeably smooth: mapaglangis, langisero/a

sandpaper

n.
• • a strong paper with a layer of sand glued on it: papel de liha, liha

v.
• • to smooth, clean, or polish with this: magliha, lihain

plain

adj.
• • 1. clear, easy to understand, easily seen or heard: maliwanag, malinaw
  • 2. without ornament: simple, payak
  • 3. all of one color: liso, linso
  • 4. not rich: karaniwan, simple, di marangya
  • 5. common, ordinary, simple in manner: pangkaraniwan, simple
  • 6. not pretty: karaniwan (pangkaraniwan) ang ganda, hindi maganda
  • 7. frank, honest, sincere: tapat, matapat
  • 8. flat, level: pantay, patag
  • 9. smooth: makinis

n.
• • a flat stretch of land: kapatagan plain-clothes man a detective: detektib, sekreta, tiktik

press

v.
• • 1. to use force or weight steadily in pushing, to push: dumiin, diinan, idiin
  • 2. to squeeze, e.g., the juice out of fruit: pumiga, pigain
  • 3. to squeeze something hard as a pimple, etc.: pumisa, pisain, pumisil, pisilin, pumindot, pindutin
  • 4. to make smooth, to flatten: magunat, unatin, magprinsa, prinsahin, magplantsa, mamalantsa, plantsahin

n.
• • 1. a push: diin, tuon, pindot
  • 2. a machine or establishment for printing: imprenta, limbagan, palimbagan
  • 3. newspaper: pahayagan, peryodiko, diyaryo
  • 4. the people who run the newspaper: ang mga peryodista, ang mga mamamahayag
  • 5. a cupboard for clothes, books, etc.: aparador, kabinet

pino

adj.
• • smooth, fine

kinis

adj.
• • makinis (ma-) smooth, fine

unat

adj.
• • straightened out, stretched out mag-unat, unatin, iunat (mag:-in, i-)

v.
• • to stretch, to straighten or smooth out, to press, to iron. Nag-unat siya pagkagising kanina. He stretched when he woke up.

patag

n.
• • kapatagan (ka-an) plain, lowland

adj.
• • smooth, level, even