Make smooth or bare
1smooth — Synonyms and related words: Ciceronian, Demosthenian, Demosthenic, Machiavellian, Machiavellic, Mickey Mouse, Tullian, accordant, acomous, acute, adipose, adulatory, agreeable, aid, align, alike, all jaw, allay, ameliorate, appease, arch,… …
2smooth — adj 1. glassy, glossy, polished, varnished, burnished; sleek, silky, satiny, velvet, fine; delicate, filmy, gossamery, attentuated; greasy, buttery, slippery, slick, icy, oily. 2. even, level, plane, horizontal, flush; flat, unrough, unruffled,… …
3shave — v. a. 1. Cut off (close to the surface). 2. Make smooth or bare (as by cutting off hair closely), to pare close. 3. Slice, cut in thin slices. 4. Strip, fleece, pillage, shear, oppress (by extortion). 5. Graze, skim, touch lightly (in passing… …
4rub — 1. v. & n. v. (rubbed, rubbing) 1 tr. move one s hand or another object with firm pressure over the surface of. 2 tr. (usu. foll. by against, in, on, over) apply (one s hand etc.) in this way. 3 tr. clean or polish or make dry or bare by rubbing …
5Glabreate — Gla bre*ate, Glabriate Gla bri*ate, v. t. [See {Glabrate}.] To make smooth, plain, or bare. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …
6Glabriate — Glabreate Gla bre*ate, Glabriate Gla bri*ate, v. t. [See {Glabrate}.] To make smooth, plain, or bare. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …
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