smoothens

It passes through for a few weeks, shrinks and smoothens the filthy fringes of snow that sit packed against the curbs, finishes with a fine icy sheen the misshapen islets of snow out in the yard that stubbornly refuse to melt, but spring does not arrive.

Excerpt: The Father of All Things by Tom Bissell 2007

Jerky movement smoothens as nervous system and muscle control improve.

Turning On The Motor 2008

Looking eastward the land smoothens, the dorsa fall more gently towards the counter-slope, and there are none of the “Morros” which we have traversed.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

According to the people, beyond the small upper fall where projections shut out the view, the channel smoothens for a short space and carries canoes.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

Shining; the slow ripple broadens in circles; the bright surface smoothens;

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

Looking eastward the land smoothens, the dorsa fall more gently towards the counter-slope, and there are none of the "Morros" which we have traversed.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855

According to the people, beyond the small upper fall where projections shut out the view, the channel smoothens for a short space and carries canoes.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855

Passion weeps while she says, 'I did not deserve this from him'; Reason, while she says it, smoothens her brow at the clear fountain of the heart.

Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Walter Savage Landor 1819

The engine smoothens out as the revs rise but it gets quite vocal when it nears the 6400rpm redline.

The Hindu - Front Page 2010

The 'super plough' called Bullet Santi (a cultivator that pulverizes or smoothens the soil is locally called as santi), can carry out various farming activities like furrow opening, sowing, inter-culturing and spraying operations.

rediff.com 2010