Bare vs Smooth - What's the difference?
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Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.
* Addison
Naked, uncovered.
Having no supplies.
* 2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/nyregion/new-jersey-continues-to-cope-with-hurricane-sandy.html?hp]," New York Times (retrieved 31 October 2012):
Having no decoration.
Having had what usually covers (something) removed.
(British, slang, not comparable) A lot or lots of.
With head uncovered; bareheaded.
* Herbert
Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
* Milton
Threadbare; much worn.
* Shakespeare
(British, slang) Very; significantly.
Barely.
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Without a condom
the surface, the (bare) skin
* 1599 ,
* 2002 , Darren Shan, Hunters of the dusk: 7 :
Surface; body; substance.
* Marston
(architecture) That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.
To uncover; to reveal.
(obsolete) (bear)
* Bible, Josh. iii. 15
* 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 5
Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
*:The outlines must be smooth , imperceptible to the touch, and even, without eminence or cavities.
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*:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable,.
*{{quote-book, year=2005, author=Lesley Brown, title=Sophist, extra=, by=(Plato)
, passage=Teaching that’s done by talking seems to have one rough path and another part which is smoother .}}
Without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents.
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* 2011 , Phil McNulty,
*:England's path to Poland and Ukraine next summer looked to be a smooth one as goals from Ashley Young and Darren Bent gave them a comfortable lead after 31 minutes.
Bland; glib.
*(Joseph Addison) (1672–1719)
*:This smooth discourse and mild behavior oft / Conceal a traitor.
*{{quote-book, year=1912, author=(Gustavus Myers), title=
, passage=This feeling, grounded on the experience of centuries of oppression, was not to be allayed by smooth explanations on the part of the advocates of the Constitution.}}
Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; fluent.
*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:the only smooth poet of those times
*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
*:Waller was smooth ; but Dryden taught to join / The varying verse, the full-resounding line.
*(John Gay) (1685-1732)
*:When sage Minerva rose, / From her sweet lips smooth elocution flows.
(lb) Suave; sophisticated.
*{{quote-book, year=2003, author=T. Lewis Humphrey, isbn=0595272606, title=
, passage=He was so smooth and handsome. He knew just what to say and when to say it.}}
(lb) Natural; unconstrained.
*{{quote-book, year=2006, author=Mary Kay Moskal and Camille Blachowicz, title=
, passage=In order for a reading to be smooth and effortless, readers must be able to recognize and read words accurately, automatically, and quickly.}}
(lb) Unbroken.
*{{quote-book, year=1927, author=United States (National Guard Bureau), title=
, page=181
, passage=Demonstrate first by the numbers and then as one smooth movement.}}
Placid, calm.
*, title=
, passage=As we worked to the southward, we picked up fair weather, and enjoyed smooth seas and pleasant skies.}}
(lb) Lacking projections or indentations; not serrated.
*{{quote-book, year=1994, author=Robert E. Swanson, isbn=0801845564, title=
, passage=A leaf having a smooth margin, without teeth or indentations of any kind, is called entire.}}
*{{quote-book, year=1997, author=Christopher Dickey, isbn=0684842009, title=
, passage=Out of the handles flipped the smooth blade and the serrated blade, which was dangerously sharp, the flathead screwdrivers, the Phillips screwdriver, the can opener, the awl.}}
(lb) Not grainy; having an even texture.
*{{quote-book, year=1997, author=Lou Seibert Pappas, isbn=0811815730, title=
, passage=A compact and stylish design, it produces 1 generous quart of excellent, smooth ice cream in 20 to 25 minutes.}}
(lb) Having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent.
*{{quote-book, year=2002, author=Candace Irvin, isbn=0373079362, title=
, passage=The coffee was smooth , so smooth she took another sip.}}
Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain.
*{{quote-book, year=2003, author=Eric W. Weisstein, isbn=1584883472, title=
, passage=Any ANALYTIC FUNCTION is smooth . But a smooth function is not necessarily analytic.}}
Lacking marked aspiration.
*{{quote-book, year=1830, author=Benjamin Franklin Fisk, title=
, passage=
Smoothly.
* Shakespeare
Something that is , or that goes smoothly and easily.
* Bible, Genesis xxvii. 16
* {{quote-book, year=1860, author=Anne Manning, title=The Day of Small Things
, passage=Things are often equalized by roughs and smooths being set against one another.}}
A smoothing action.
* {{quote-book, year=2006, author=Julienne Van Loon, title=Road Story, isbn=1741146216
, passage=She brushes down her hair with a little bit of spit and a smooth of her hand and opens the bright green door, walking a few metres, squinting.}}
A domestic animal having a smooth coat.
* {{quote-book, year=1916, author=William Ernest Castle and Sewall Wright, title=Studies of Inheritance in Guinea-pigs and Rats
, passage=In the 4-toe stock there is a wide gap between the lowest rough and the smooths which come from the same parents.}}
A member of an anti-hippie fashion movement in 1970s Britain.
* {{quote-book, year=1999, author=Peter Childs and Mike Storry, title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary British Culture, isbn=0806991356
, passage=By the early 1970s, skinhead culture began to mutate into the variant ‘white ethnic’ styles of the suedeheads and smooths .}}
(statistics) The analysis obtained through a smoothing procedure.
* {{quote-book, year=1990, author=Wolfgang Härdle, title=Applied Nonparametric Regression, isbn=0521429501
, passage=A smooth of the potato data set has already been given in Figure 1.2.}}
To make smooth or even.
* {{quote-book, year=1961, author=William Gibson, title=The Miracle Worker, isbn=0573612382
, passage=She smooths her skirt, looking as composed and ladylike as possible.}}
To make straightforward.
* 2007 , Beth Kohn, Lonely Planet Venezuela (page 379)
(statistics, image processing, digital audio) To capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise.
* {{quote-book, year=1999, author=Murray R. Spiegel and Larry J. Stephens, title=Schaum’s Outline of Theory and Problems of Statistics, isbn=0070602816
, passage=
As a proper noun bare
is an extinct language of venezuela.As an adjective smooth is
having a texture that lacks friction not rough.As an adverb smooth is
smoothly.As a noun smooth is
something that is , or that goes smoothly and easily.As a verb smooth is
to make smooth or even.bare
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .Adjective
(er)- a bare majority
- the bare necessaries of life
- Don't show your bare backside in public.
- a room bare of furniture
- The cupboard was bare .
- Localities across New Jersey imposed curfews to prevent looting. In Monmouth, Ocean and other counties, people waited for hours for gasoline at the few stations that had electricity. Supermarket shelves were stripped bare .
- The walls of this room are bare — why not hang some paintings on them?
- The trees were left bare after the swarm of locusts devoured all the leaves.
- It's bare money to get in the club each time, man.
- When once thy foot enters the church, be bare .
- Bare in thy guilt, how foul must thou appear!
- It appears by their bare liveries that they live by your bare words.
Synonyms
* (minimal) mere, minimal * (without a condom) * (naked) exposed, naked, nude, uncovered, undressed * (having no supplies) empty, unfurnished, unstocked, unsupplied * (having no decoration) empty, plain, unadorned, undecorated * (having had what usually covers (something) removed ): despoiled, stripped, uncoveredAntonyms
* (minimal) ample, plentiful, sufficient * (naked) covered, covered up, dressed, unexposed * (having no supplies) full, furnished, stocked, supplied, well-stocked * (having no decoration) adorned, decorated, ornate * coveredDerived terms
* ace bare * bareback * barebacked * bare boards * bareboat * barebone * bare bones * bare-breasted * bare-chested * barefaced * barefoot, barefooted * barehanded * bareheaded * bare-knuckle fight * bareland * barelegged * barely * bareness * bare patch * barish * in one's bare skin * king bare * lay bare * threadbare * with one's bare handsAdverb
- This porno's bare whack, bruv.
Noun
(en noun)- In sad good earnest, sir, you have toucht the very bare of naked truth [...]
- Vancha clasped the bare of my neck and squeezed amiably.
- You have touched the very bare of naked truth.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m).Verb
(bar)- She bared her teeth at him.
Synonyms
* (uncover) expose, lay bare, reveal, show, uncoverAntonyms
* (uncover) cover, cover up, hideDerived terms
* bare one's breast * bare one's soul * bare one's teethEtymology 3
Inflected forms.Verb
(head)- The feet of the priest that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water.
- And so I put thee on my shoulder and bare thee back, and here thou art in David's room, and shalt find board and bed with me as long as thou hast mind to
References
* *smooth
English
(wikipedia smooth)Alternative forms
* (l) (dialectal) * (verb) smootheAdjective
(er)Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England:
History of the Supreme Court of the United States, page=133
The Price of Love, page=279
Reading for Fluency, isbn=1593852649, page=3
Manual of Basic Training and Standards of Proficiency for the National Guard
An American Cruiser in the East, page=47
A Field Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of the Southern Appalachians, page=8
Innocent Blood: A Novel, page=91
Sorbets and Ice Creams, page=19
For His Eyes Only, page=9
CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics, page=419
A Grammar of the Greek Language, page=5
Synonyms
* evenAntonyms
* rough * uneven * bumpyDerived terms
* smooth breathing * smooth collie * smooth jazz * smooth move * smooth muscle * smooth operator * smooth sailing * smoothen * smoothie * smoothly * smoothnessAdverb
(er)- Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.
Noun
(en noun)- The smooth of his neck.
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- Caracas can be a tough place but the tremendously good-natured caraqueños smoothed my passage every step of the way.
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