1. smoothing - Noun
2. smoothing - Verb
of Smooth
fr. Smooth, v.
Source: Webster's dictionaryHe was always smoothing and polishing himself, and in the end he became blunt before he was sharp. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Duh, he said, smoothing my hair back, Venus and Earth. Sarah Dessen
One of the big take-aways from a lot of economic theory is that people should engage in consumption smoothing. Emily Oster
Sydney sighed and stood up, smoothing her rumpled clothes with dismay. 'I need a coffee shop or something.' 'I think I saw one in a cave down the road,' I said. That almost got a smile from her. Richelle Mead
My good hoe as it bites the ground revenges my wrongs, and I have less lust to bite my enemies. In the smoothing the rough hillocks, I smooth my temper. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Abrasion occurs when the ice and its load of rock fragments slide over bedrock and function as sandpaper, smoothing and polishing the bedrock below. Source: Internet