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▸  smooth out PHRASAL VERB If you smooth out a problem or difficulty, you solve it, especially by talking to the people concerned. □ [V P n] Baker was smoothing out differences with European allies. □ [V n P ] It's O.K. I smoothed things out.

▸  smooth over PHRASAL VERB If you smooth over a problem or difficulty, you make it less serious and easier to deal with, especially by talking to the people concerned. □ [V P n] …an attempt to smooth over the violent splits that have occurred. □ [V n P ] The Chancellor is trying to smooth things over.

smoothie /smuː ði/ (smoothies )

1 N‑VAR A smoothie is a thick drink made from crushed fruit, sometimes with yogurt or ice cream added.

2 N‑COUNT If you describe a man as a smoothie , you mean that he is extremely smart, confident, and polite, often in a way that you find rather unpleasant. [INFORMAL , OLD-FASHIONED ]

smoo th-ta lking ADJ A smooth-talking man talks very confidently in a way that is likely to persuade people, but may not be sincere or honest. □  …the smooth-talking conman who has wrecked their lives.

smor|gas|bord /smɔː ^r gəsbɔː ^r d/

1 N‑SING Smorgasbord is a meal with a variety of hot and cold savoury dishes, from which people serve themselves.

2 N‑SING A smorgasbord of things is a number of different things that are combined together as a whole. [JOURNALISM ] □ [+ of ] …a smorgasbord of paintings and sculpture.

smote /smoʊ t/ Smote is the past tense of smite .

smoth|er /smʌ ðə ^r / (smothers , smothering , smothered )

1 VERB If you smother a fire, you cover it with something in order to put it out. □ [V n] The girl's parents were also burned as they tried to smother the flames.

2 VERB To smother someone means to kill them by covering their face with something so that they cannot breathe. □ [V n] A father was secretly filmed as he tried to smother his six-week-old son in hospital.

3 VERB Things that smother something cover it completely. □ [V n] Once the shrubs begin to smother the little plants, we have to move them.

4 VERB If you smother someone, you show your love for them too much and protect them too much. □ [V n] She loved her own children, almost smothering them with love.

5 VERB If you smother an emotion or a reaction, you control it so that people do not notice it. □ [V n] She summoned up all her pity for him, to smother her self-pity. □ [V -ed] …smothered giggles.

6 VERB If an activity or process is smothered , it is prevented from continuing or developing. □ [be V -ed] Intellectual life in France was smothered by the Occupation. □ [V n] The wrong structure aborts results and smothers even the best-directed efforts.

smoul|der /smoʊ ldə ^r / (smoulders , smouldering , smouldered ) in AM, use smolder 1 VERB If something smoulders , it burns slowly, producing smoke but not flames. □ [V ] A number of buildings around the Parliament were still smouldering today.

2 VERB If a feeling such as anger or hatred smoulders inside you, you continue to feel it but do not show it. □ [V ] Baxter smouldered as he drove home for lunch.

3 VERB If you say that someone smoulders , you mean that they are sexually attractive, usually in a mysterious or very intense way. □ [V + with ] The actress seems to smoulder with sexuality.

SMS /e s em e s/ N‑UNCOUNT SMS is a way of sending short written messages from one mobile phone to another. SMS is an abbreviation for 'short message system'.

smudge /smʌ dʒ/ (smudges , smudging , smudged )

1 N‑COUNT A smudge is a dirty mark. □  There was a dark smudge on his forehead. □  …smudges of blood.